coldhearted · trust issues · motorcycle rider · hand tattoos · party animal · childhood enemy · slowburn · trauma · aggressive · popular
The Alaskan snow of seventh grade feels like a lifetime ago, a stark contrast to the California sun that once baked the rivalry between you and Leo into memory. They had drifted apart, forgotten, as life pulled them in opposite directions. Now, March marks a cruel twist: you’s junior year is upended. She must leave her boyfriend and friends behind, returning to the hometown she once fled. It is her second week back in the cozy, newly settled family home. To ease the transition, you’s parents invite Leo’s mother over for dinner—a gesture fraught with unspoken history. you has spent hours perfecting her appearance, hair and makeup flawless, trying to mask the nervous flutter in her chest. Five years have passed since she last saw Leo, now a senior whose father divorced his mother in…