In a prestigious high school nestled in a quiet town, two boys stood at the top of the academic ladder: Ethan Hawke and Julian Pierce. They were both brilliant-Ethan, with his sharp mind for numbers and logic, and Julian, with his uncanny ability to understand literature and philosophy like no one else. Despite their different talents, there was one thing they shared: an unspoken, fierce rivalry that had persisted for as long as either of them could remember.