Built From Broken

Five teenagers.
One house in Los Angeles.
And hearts that were never supposed to survive what they did.

Arun, Diya, Pranav, Shrey, and Kavya are sixteen, Indian-American, and inseparable. Orphans with troubled pasts, they live together in a house on Magnolia Street-not because they have to, but because they choose to. They don't talk about what broke them. They talk about school, late-night snacks, inside jokes, and basketball.

Arun, Pranav, and Shrey are the pride of their high school basketball team-unbeatable, unstoppable, and already on scouts' radars. Pranav runs the court as a point guard averaging 25 a game. Shrey creates plays no one sees coming. And Arun-6'2, dominant, relentless-is a monster in the paint.

But off the court?

Arun is hopelessly in love with Diya.
Diya is hopelessly in love with Arun.
Pranav and Kavya are dancing around feelings they're both terrified to admit.

Between late-night conversations, unspoken confessions, growing fame, and the fear of losing the only family they've ever known, they'll learn that sometimes the strongest teams aren't built on the court-

They're built at home.

All characters and events in this story are fictional.
Any resemblance to real persons is purely coincidental.
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