wishlist | lucas sinclair

Lucas Sinclair's life shifts the second he joins the basketball team. With it comes attention-more people noticing him, more expectations, and the quiet interest of someone he never thought would look his way.

Sam Frenzby, on the other hand, is harder to define. Around school, she's known as the "weird girl," but that doesn't stop her from being cheer captain or blending in with the popular crowd when she wants to. People think they've got her figured out-but they really don't. She's not the smartest in class, not the most put-together, but she's easily one of the kindest people you'll ever meet.

She's been friends with Max Mayfield since Max first showed up in middle school, and that bond carried into high school. Over time, Sam grew closer to the rest of Max's group too-even during the times Max pulled away from them. Still, there were things they kept from her. Big things. They told themselves it was to protect her-that she was too gentle, too good for any of it.

But secrets don't stay hidden forever.

When something starts to feel off-when Sam begins acting distant, strange-it's Lucas who notices first. The small changes, the quiet moments where she doesn't seem like herself. And while no one else connects the dots right away, Lucas does.

And more importantly... he's the one who refuses to ignore it.