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I just started Between Two Unknowns, and I really like the idea of Victor being someone who understands discipline, rankings, and control, only to become fascinated by a girl who challenges him without even trying to perform for him. There is something so good about a love interest who does not just admire the girl, but recognizes her as an equal first. In my own YA romance, Lou and JJ are not rivals, but their tension has a similar “you are changing the way I understand things” feeling. In chapter 4, they share one soft evening at a childhood place before he leaves the next morning, and both of them keep noticing too much while pretending it is still normal. From a writer’s perspective, do you think romantic tension feels stronger when characters challenge each other openly, like Victor and his rival, or when they quietly unsettle each other because of shared history?