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Meyers Cassidy has loved {y/n} for as long as he can remember. Unfortunately,{y/n} has never looked at him that way. To her, Meyers is home—the boy who knows every version of her, from the girl covered in paint to the dramatic mess who calls him at midnight because she needs ice cream. He's her best friend, her biggest supporter, and the one person she knows will always show up. So Meyers keeps his feelings buried. Because {y/n} has a boyfriend. Bryce Hugh is everything Meyers isn't supposed to hate: charming, confident, popular, and completely convinced the world belongs to him. But Meyers sees what {y/n} doesn't—the cracks behind Bryce's perfect image. The lies. The selfishness. And the secret he's desperate to keep hidden. Meyers could tell her the truth. He could tell her that her boyfriend is cheating. He could tell her that every time she smiles at him, it takes everything he has not to tell her he's been in love with her for years. But he knows the truth could cost him the one thing he can't live without: Her. And when {y/n} carefully constructed relationship finally begins to fall apart, she has to face a question she never thought she'd have to ask— What if the person she's been searching for has been standing beside her all along? Because sometimes the hardest love story isn't falling for your best friend. It's realizing you've been in love with them without knowing it.