The Weight of Almost

What would you do if your worst enemy broke your only rule? And what would you do if your frienemy won't speak to you because of it?

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Nathaniel "Nate" Quinn and Samuel "Sam" Watson are the pinnacle of Brookfell Academy excellence. For the past five years, they've been locked in battle of teasing and one upmanship to the joy and entertainment of the student body. They have one rule - they don't mess with friends and family. This is between them and them alone.

So when Nate breaks their rule by accident on Brookfell's 'Family Night', everything falls apart. Sam shuts him out with quiet vigor, their rivalry dead to him. Nate, desperate for their back-and-forth to return, proposes something drastic: to make things right, Nate will be at Sam's whim for a month, doing anything and everything he says within reason. Sam begrudgingly accepts, with serious consequences if Nate fails.

And as their arrangement plays out, and Brookfell Academy gets let out for winter break, the line between 'rival' and whatever they could've been starts to blur. As high heels, snowstorms, and music pass between them, it becomes apparent that their feelings have been ignored or left unchecked, and things start bubbling to the surface.

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