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Ex-tra Complicated

Public Summary Getting over your ex should be easy. Delete the photos. Return the hoodie. Stop looking for them in every crowded hallway. Too bad no one told your heart. You and Gavin Carter were supposed to be over. But when you’re still in the same friend group, still showing up to the same football games and swim meets, and still trading sarcastic comments like nothing ever changed, moving on is a lot harder than either of you expected. Everyone says exes should stay in the past. Everyone except the people who can see the way you still look at each other. Between late-night texts, jealous moments, accidental almost-confessions, and a senior year full of memories waiting to be made, one question keeps coming up: Were you really meant to end… or is your story just Ex-tra Complicated?

The Girl in his Corner

Y/N and Cole Walter have been inseparable since they were thirteen. Best friends turned childhood sweethearts, they’ve grown up together through football games, late-night drives, stupid arguments, and the hardest chapter of Cole’s life. When Cole’s injury takes away the future he once imagined, Y/N is the one person who never walks away. She knows him better than anyone. Then Jackie Howard arrives.

Campaign Season

My name is Madeline Randolph. In Wellsbury, that means something. It means straight A’s. It means camera-ready smiles. It means never embarrassing my father. Four months into his relationship with Georgia Miller, my life has turned into press photos and polite dinners. Blended family headlines. Perfect posture. Perfect daughter. I’ve always known what I was supposed to be. His legacy. But campaign season changes everything. Because then there’s you. You don’t look at me like I’m the mayo