Holding Space
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Paige and Joss have been inseparable since fifth grade. Two halves of a whole, bound by basketball, shared routines, and unspoken promises. But as they grow, so does the imbalance between them: Joss mistakes survival for love, while Paige mistakes responsibility for devotion.
By senior year, their relationship is a careful dance of dependency and control, passion and fear. Paige holds Joss together with routines, protection, and quiet vigilance, while Joss teeters on the edge, seeking escape in recklessness and self destruction.
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