You Make Me Want To Lose (In Progress)
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MatureComplete Mon, Oct 13, 2025<5 mins
NOVA DELANE
School is fine. The homework's boring, the people are weird, and I can handle almost anything - except Arlo Cruz. His stupid smirks, stupid glasses and his stupid grades annoy the life out of me without even making a sound. He's good at everything, barely talks to anyone, and looks at me like I'm background noise. I'm convinced he hates me. Which is fine. I hate him too. Probably.
ARLO CRUZ
Good grades, a fluffy cat, an active lifestyle - I can't really complain. Even my idiotic friends have grown on me. But Nova Delane? She's different. Shiny hair, oversized glasses, that unfunny humor she thinks nobody notices - she drives me insane. Not because I hate her. Because I don't. Because no matter how hard I try, my eyes keep finding hers first.
TROPES:
- Slow Burn
- She fell first he fell harder
- Academic rivals
- Found family
- Forced proximity
- Enemies to lovers
- Love triangles
- Grumpy x sunshine
- RomCom
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