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"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐦𝐞. 𝐌𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬," 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐨𝐟-𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

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Luke Montgomery thought senior year would be simple: keep his grades up, get into college, and coast through without surprises. But when he's partnered with quiet, brilliant, and unexpectedly magnetic Christian Day in physics class, things start to shift.

At first, it's admiration. Then curiosity. Then something else entirely.

Luke's never questioned who he's supposed to like—until Christian.
And Christian? He's not making it easy to forget the way his smile lingers or how his silences say more than most people ever do.

As study sessions stretch into late nights and their connection deepens, Luke begins to realize this isn't just a phase. It's the kind of feeling that rewrites everything.

A slow-burn, queer coming-of-age romance about first love, identity, and the moment you realize some chemistry can't be explained away.