Sharp tongues , soft hearts
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Last published Tue, Jul 8, 2025
Aiden and Elian have been rivals since they were five - trading insults , competing at everything , and pretending to not care .
Aiden is loud , proud ,sharp tongued , meanwhile Elian is quiet , cold and maddeningly perfect . They've spent years at each other's throat .....and maybe , deep down , in each other's heads.
But when a twist of fate forces them to work together during their final year of highschool , the line between hate and something softer begins to blur . and the game they've been playing since childhood turns into something neither of them ready to name....
Because underneath every insult , there's a heartbeat .
And sometimes , even the sharpest tongues hide the softest hearts ..
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