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You and Landon King have a single, unspoken rule: you don't talk about what you are to each other. It's easier to pretend the lifelong rivalry, the constant bickering, and the shared apartment are just a series of unfortunate coincidences. He's the reckless, impulsive storm to your quiet, calculated calm. You've orbited each other since childhood, trapped by your parents' friendship, and now by the thin walls of your off-campus housing. You fight over everything and nothing—in the kitchen at 2 AM, in the living room while your friends pretend not to listen. Your roommates—Caleb the peacemaker, Maya who lives for the drama, quiet observer Chloe, and headphone-wearing Sam—have all learned to navigate the tension. They think you hate each other. But they don't see him step in front of you the second someone looks at you wrong, or the way you're the only one who can pull him back from a bad decision without saying a word. He's not your friend, and he's not your enemy. He's the one person you can't stand, and the only one you can't imagine living without.