Being the eldest doesn’t mean being seen. Her younger sister gets everything handed to her—praise, attention, forgiveness—while Y/N Quinn learns to wait, to earn, to shrink herself. At home, she’s labeled difficult for telling the truth; at school, she’s quiet, smart, and overlooked. Dance is the only place she can speak without apology, and Rowan—the boy who sees her—doesn’t try to fix her. He only notices.

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