Smallville isn’t as quiet as it seems. Y/n is new to town, and the close-knit streets, familiar faces, and hidden secrets are already pulling her into the rhythm of the unusual. Strange events, quiet tensions, and unexpected connections await — but in Smallville, nothing is ever just ordinary.
Winning the $50,000 Alumni Scholarship was supposed to be simple: out-rank Nate Sterling. But when the committee threatens to strip the money away because of your legendary, class-disrupting feud, you’re forced to do the unthinkable—co-chair the Winter Gala and fake-date your ultimate academic rival. To the rest of Oakridge High, you and the school’s golden boy are a completely smitten power couple. Behind closed doors, it’s still pure, cutthroat war. But as late-night study sessions and fake public affection start feeling a little too real, you realize the dangerous part of the protocol isn't keeping up the lie... it's trying not to fall for the enemy.
Being a Ravenclaw overachiever at Hogwarts means competing for the top spot with Draco Malfoy—the insufferable, silver-tongued Slytherin pureblood who takes pleasure in ruining your perfect Potions scores. When Snape pairs you two together for the year-long Alchemy Capstone, a disastrous brewing incident in the dungeons triggers a rumor that you inhaled an experimental Amortentia draught. To protect your reputations, keep your Head Girl aspirations alive, and dodge Pansy Parkinson’s ruthless interference, Draco proposes a pact: fake-date through the Yule Ball to prove you are both completely immune to the potion. But as late-night library sessions in the Restricted Section blur into real magic, playing with fire might leave you both burnt.
