Bruises and Bedsheets

For years, Dominic and Nathan have defined themselves by their mutual animosity. From academic sabotage in high school to freezing glares across their current college campus, their rivalry is legendary, exhausting, and fiercely maintained. Dominic is convinced he has Nathan completely figured out-he's arrogant, privileged, and the bane of Dominic's existence.

But when Dominic drags himself home from a grueling, dead-end work shift, a frantic midnight call from an unknown number shatters the script. Nathan's friend is on the line, begging "Nathan's girlfriend" to rescue him from a drunken breakdown. Instead of a girl, they get Dominic's cold, unimpressed baritone.
The shock on the other end of the line is nothing compared to the quiet horror that freezes Dominic in place when the friend reveals the truth: Dominic's number is saved in Nathan's phone under a deeply possessive, affectionate contact name.

As the layers of their bitter rivalry begin to unravel in the harsh light of a single phone call, Dominic is forced to confront a terrifying question: Has he been fighting an enemy, or has he been the blind spot in a rival's desperate, unspoken obsession?