Grief upends Abigail's teenage life when a tragic fatal accident claims both of her parents, forcing her to relocate into the grand home of her late father's closest friend. On her first chaotic day at a competitive private academy, she gets into a furious argument with Chris, an infuriatingly smug senior who mocks her unfamiliarity. That evening, shock sets in when Chris walks through the front door as her foster family's son.
Forced to share hallways and dinner tables under strict family rules, Abigail and Chris turn their shared residence into an ongoing battleground of sarcastic jabs and slammed bedroom doors. Yet late-night kitchen encounters and unexpected hallway defenses gradually peel away Chris's defensive edge. As buried trauma surfaces between them, Abigail realizes the dangerous line dividing intense resentment from undeniable romantic longing.
