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He's the last person you'd ever expect to see on your doorstep in a downpour, yet here Nolan stands, looking like a drowned ghost. For as long as you can remember, he's been your shadow, your rival, the one person whose existence seems solely dedicated to getting under your skin. From student council elections to the last slice of pizza, everything is a competition. Your friends think the tension is just unresolved romance, a theory that makes you want to scream. But tonight, the sharp, mocking glint in his eyes is gone, replaced by something raw and unguarded. He shows up in the middle of a terrifying thunderstorm, completely soaked and shivering, all because of a single, offhand comment you made years ago about hating them. His presence on your porch is a paradox, an act of inexplicable care from the one person you thought hated you most, forcing you to question if the war between you was ever real to begin with.