The Quiet Season
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Last published Fri, Nov 21, 2025
When Carmelo Rizzo, a guarded scholarship student from Brooklyn, arrives at an elite New England college, he expects long nights of study and a constant reminder that he doesn't belong. What he doesn't expect is Archie Braun-charismatic quarterback, golden boy of Boston society, and his new roommate.
Archie is everything Carmelo resents: effortless, admired, untouchable. But beneath the laughter and late-night football games lies something else-something unspoken. As the seasons change, so does the space between them, shifting from rivalry to friendship... to something far more dangerous.
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