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At Blackthorne University, Y/N is untouchable. Star wide receiver. Campus golden boy. Future pro. Elliot Graves would love nothing more than to watch him fall. The sharp-tongued goth TA has spent the semester tearing apart Y/N’s assignments, convinced the university’s favorite athlete has never faced a consequence he couldn’t outrun. Then Elliot catches him cheating. One plagiarized paper could cost Y/N his grade, his eligibility, and possibly his future. Desperate, Y/N makes one mistake: He tells Elliot he’ll do anything to keep him quiet. Elliot intends to collect. What begins as resentment and leverage quickly becomes something neither of them planned. Because somewhere between secret meetings, brutal study sessions, jealousy, football games, and a dangerous arrangement that keeps pulling them together, Elliot stops wanting to see Y/N break. He starts wanting Y/N for himself. And eventually, Elliot realizes something far more terrifying than getting caught. The leverage is gone. Y/N is still coming back.