No one hated each other as much as Tyler Murphy and Hazel Parker, every glance a slow, venomous burn. Yet beneath the surface, something deeper pulled them in, something they consumed in bitter, silent doses. It wasn't the hatred that destroyed them-it was the poison they couldn't stop sipping. The poison of love.

It's all a matter of perspective *** Anna Thatcher had always lived in the background of everyone's lives so, when she joins a new school, she isn't surprised to find that no one was interested in talking to her. Nearly 3 weeks after joining the school, she's spending her lunch in a bathroom cubicle, as usual, when she overhears a conversation between Grace Anderson, one of the most popular girls in the school, and her friends. A conversation that changed her life as a background character forever. *** Started: 30th October 2022 Finished: *** #1 in popularnerd - 15/11/22 #1 in backgroundcharacters - 21/11/22 #1 in background - 23/11/22 #1 in taygetsthegay - 12/01/25 #1 in romances - 12/01/25 #1 in lovewhoyoulove - 17/01/25