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π Somewhere in Between
> Seventeen-year-old Julian has always felt like a quiet contradiction.
Soft in a world that praises hardness.
Queer in a school that silences difference.
Dreaming of law, justice, and a life that feels more like him-and less like survival.
At Greywood College, an elite all-boys boarding school in Nigeria, Julian keeps his head down and his heart hidden. But when he finally comes out to his two closest friends-Ayo, the emotionally open artist, and Zayne, the surprisingly loyal straight guy-something inside him shifts.
First, he falls for Rayan, a boy who isn't ready to be seen. Then, the dreams begin.
Dreams of starlit skies. Of a boy made of light. Of a voice that calls Julian by name and tells him he was never meant to dim.
And when a mysterious new student enters his life-with familiar eyes and a story that feels like fate-Julian starts to glow.
Literally.
Between heartbreak and healing, fantasy and fear, Julian finds himself somewhere in between the boy he was told to be-and the boy he's finally becoming.
A coming-of-age story soaked in queerness, quiet magic, and soft rebellion. For anyone who's ever felt unseen, unwanted, or unworthy-and dared to believe they were meant for more.