Toma meets Ana while they are both literature students at university, and they fall in love. Ana suffers from panic attacks and Toma follows her to every dark corner she ends up in. He fights his parents when they reject her, accepts being a father and marries her and eventually becomes her babysitter, her driver, her everything. While he appears to be in control of their relationship, in fact Toma just revolves around a woman he cannot understand, pushing himself to the limit as he tries to save her. Ana slowly overcomes her ailments and they become pregnant, but as she gains a career and personal independence, Toma's world begins shuttering as his insecurities fester under the light of Ana's success. Neither can seem to live without the other, even if they may lead each other to ruin.