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As rival overachievers are forced into forced proximity, shared airwaves, and unresolved desire, their competition turns intimate, their secrets go public, and love becomes the one thing neither of them can afford to lose-or walk away from.
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When a housing mix-up forces two academic rivals to share an apartment their senior year, sparks fly immediately-and not the good kind. One is meticulous, ambitious, and chasing a life-changing scholarship; the other is a brilliant mess, an artist with a talent for avoiding expectations. They've clashed in classrooms, competed for the same opportunities, and share a history neither wants to talk about. The rules are simple: stay out of each other's way, keep it professional, and absolutely do not revisit the past. Then a late-night campus radio show throws them together again, and suddenly the quiet hours are filled with voices that know exactly how to get under each other's skin.
As rivalry turns into reluctant partnership-and then something far more dangerous-lines blur between competition and desire, ambition and vulnerability. With graduation looming, a prestigious scholarship at stake, and old wounds threatening to reopen, they must decide whether protecting their futures means walking away from each other... or finally choosing love with intention. Tender, charged, and full of yearning, Static Between Us is a slow-burn MLM college romance about second chances, finding your voice, and daring to love when everything is on the line.