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Crystal Fox is Briar cheer captain, and she treats it like a full-time obsession. Everything has to be perfect - every move, every routine, every detail. She doesn't tolerate mistakes, and she definitely doesn't care if people think she's too harsh. In her world, discipline is everything.
She's impossible to miss: long fiery red hair, sharp stare, and a signature love for the color red that makes her stand out even more. Crystal doesn't try to be liked. She tries to win.
But what no one at Briar knows is that behind that intimidating exterior, she's been quietly losing control of one thing - her own heart.
It started the moment she saw Beau Maxwell.
Beau is the football team's captain and the definition of college chaos wrapped in confidence. He lives for parties, loud nights, and adrenaline, always chasing the next thrill. Still, when he steps onto the field, everything changes - he becomes focused, intense, and dangerously good at what he does.
And somehow, that's not the only thing about him that's hard to ignore.
Because Beau has noticed Crystal too. Not just as the cheer captain who never smiles at him, but as the one girl who never falls for his charm, never gives him an easy reaction, never plays along.
She acts like he's nothing but a distraction.
He's starting to think she might be the only thing at Briar he actually can't win against.