Y/N has spent years quietly loving Osric Rhode, convinced that one day he’ll notice her the way she notices him. But when her best friend Miyla suddenly ends up with him instead, everything she thought was stable fractures in an instant. Left behind in the aftermath, Y/N tries to pretend she’s fine while the town watches her friendship fall apart in real time. Osric didn’t mean to hurt her. Miyla didn’t think it would matter this much. And Y/N is stuck somewhere between heartbreak and humiliation, unsure where she fits anymore. Then there’s Dorion Rhodes, Osric’s older brother, who has never been kind, never been soft, and never once pretended to understand her. But somehow, he’s the only one who stays when everything else turns cold. In a summer where nothing feels certain anymore, Y/N has to figure out whether she’s still holding onto a love that never chose her… or finally ready to be chosen by something different.