Ian Ramirez survives Fairview Prep on fury and odd jobs, skipping class to cover his mother's hospital bills. The rich kids own everything, and Kevin Whitmore — top of the class, teacher's pet, son of money — is the face of everything Ian hates. They clash at the gates and in the halls every single day.
At night Ian vents to K.W., a generous stranger on a paid chat app who actually listens. He doesn't know K.W. is Kevin, who has quietly loved Ian since the day a lost boy helped him years ago. When the school assigns Kevin to tutor Ian, the daytime war and the nighttime confessions start bleeding into each other. Kevin protects him from bullies and pushes through a medical aid application; Ian starts seeing a person behind the privilege. If the truth about K.W. surfaces, Ian loses the one place he was honest — and Kevin loses him.
