" 𝘽𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙮𝙤 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙖, 𝙝𝙤𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙨 . 𝙔𝙪𝙝 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙪𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣? 𝙎𝙚𝙚, 𝙝𝙤𝙚 𝙮𝙪𝙝 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣 . " " 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙪𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙢? 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙢 . '

Juniper Perlin - or Junie, as everyone calls her - ruled the halls since elementary school. Loud, bold, unbothered. Ezra Harrison? Quiet. Calculated. Never without a book and never without something smart to say. In middle school, they couldn't stand each other - and honestly, that might be putting it lightly. Junie used to make his life hell. Ezra never forgot. But high school changes people. And when senior Ezra ends up tutoring junior Junie in Algebra and Biology, the old tension turns into something new. Something intense. Something neither of them were ready for. From whispered apologies to secret smiles in art class, to truck rides, late-night study sessions, and a kiss that shifted everything - their story unfolds in slow, soft moments.