Opening: Chase Nelson wakes up in his seventeen-year-old body on the morning he would have joined St. Alden Academy—except this time he transfers into the notorious Hawthorne High to find Lane Dickinson, the reckless heir who once broke his life and his future. Development: Armed with a future résumé, Phoenix-level nerves, and zero patience for repeat mistakes, Chase enrolls at Hawthorne to rewrite two destinies: his own ascent to the nation's top university and Lane’s self-destruction. Conflict: What begins as a cold experiment — provoke, correct, and protect — becomes messy when Lane’s temper hides a fragile kid who melts at a single rebuke and stiffens at a single praise. Rival gangs, jealous exes (Angela Caldwell), and a family empire’s expectations turn school corridors into chessboards. Climax: As college applications and a corporate power play collide, Chase must choose between the perfect plan and a person he didn’t mean to love — and Lane must decide whether his heart is worth the surrender. Hook: He came back to ace the tests; he stayed because one stubborn, violent boy kept showing up in his future. A twisty, fast-paced reborn BL: schoolyard politics, midnight bars, rehabbed bullies, whispered strategies, and the warm, ridiculous slow-burn of two stubborn men learning to win — together.
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