Understudy
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Nathan Carter has spent his entire life being overlooked - the quiet twin with dark-rimmed glasses, good grades, and a permanent place in the shadow of Bayview High's golden-boy quarterback, Ethan Carter. But when Ethan suddenly disappears days before the championship game, Nathan is forced into an impossible role: become him until he comes back. Now Nathan is wearing Ethan's jersey, driving Ethan's car, and pretending to be the boy everyone loves - even fooling Ethan's cheerleader girlfriend, who has no idea she's kissing the wrong twin. For the first time in his life, people finally see Nathan. Just not as himself. But the deeper Nathan sinks into Ethan's world, the more cracks begin to show. Hidden pills. Missed practices. Strange phone calls. Secrets Ethan never trusted him enough to share. And while the entire school mourns the disappearance of "Nathan Carter," Nathan starts uncovering a terrifying truth: Ethan wasn't the person everyone thought he was. Maybe he wasn't even the person Nathan thought he was. As the pressure on the field grows and the line between performance and reality begins to blur, Nathan finds himself falling for the one person who seems determined to expose the truth - and losing himself inside a life that was never supposed to belong to him.
⚠️ Contains themes of addiction, identity loss, mental health struggles, and emotional distress.
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