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When Y/N accidentally humiliates Carter Monroe in front of half the university during the first week of the semester, she expects him to shrug it off. Instead, he looks her dead in the eye and says— “Who do you think you are?” The words become the beginning of an all-out rivalry. Carter is the kind of guy everyone seems to admire captain of the hockey team, effortlessly charming, and used to getting exactly what he wants. Y/N, on the other hand, couldn’t care less about his reputation. She’s sarcastic, stubborn, and refuses to treat him like he’s untouchable, which only fuels his obsession with proving her wrong. What starts as petty arguments, public dares, and an ongoing competition to outdo each other quickly turns into something far more complicated. Every encounter is a battle of wit, every conversation ends with one of them storming away, and every victory somehow feels hollow unless the other is there to witness it. Then one reckless night changes everything. A rumor spreads that the two of them hooked up. Neither of them confirms it…. Neither of them denies it.