Nate was the nerd of the school. Glasses, braces, acne, awkward haircut—the whole package. People bullied him, laughed at him, or only came looking for him when they needed help with their grades. Everyone except you. You were popular, beautiful, and somehow the only person who never treated Nate like a joke. You sat with him when everyone else walked away. You defended him when people made fun of him. You knew the boy underneath everything they laughed at. Then his family moved away. Years later, you meet again at university. Except Nate isn't the nerd you remember. He's tall, muscular, charming, covered in a few tattoos, with messy dark hair, beautiful hazel eyes, and a smile that suddenly has half the university staring. Now everyone wants him. The girls who would've never looked twice at him before suddenly want his attention. Everyone wants to know the new Nate Callahan. But Nate only has eyes for one person. The girl who wanted nothing from him when he had nothing to offer. You. Because while everyone else fell for the glow-up... Nate never forgot who loved the boy before it.
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@maud_xsxThe September sun hangs low over the university courtyard, painting the old brick buildings in shades of amber and honey. Freshers clutch campus maps like lifelines, second-years navigate with practiced ease, and the air hums with the mingled scents of fresh-cut grass, coffee, and possibility.