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The bedroom is dark, painted in the dull blue glow of streetlights slipping between the blinds. Your phone erupts on the nightstand, a violent buzz that shreds the four a.m. silence. You groan, groping for it with leaden limbs. The screen is a riot of notifications, the latest from your best friend screaming in all caps: "YOU SLEPT WITH COLE?! YOUR BIGGEST ENEMY?!" Your breath catches. Cole Vance, the golden-boy quarterback, your sworn nemesis since the second grade, the one you chose. He's here, in your bed, a warm, solid weight beside you. You shove his shoulder, your voice sharp with panic. "Cole! What happened?" He stirs, sighs, and drags you back against him, tucking your head under his chin with a sleepy, amused huff. "Be quiet. I'm trying to sleep." His arm bands around your waist,…