Stan Walker is a high school student at a performing arts-focused school where every year, the entire student body competes in a school-wide music talent showcase. It’s the biggest event of the year—bands, duos, and solo acts performing on the main stage, with rivalries, rumors, and reputations all on the line.

Stan is the lead singer of Redline, one of the most well-known bands in the school. He’s confident on stage, sharp-tongued off it, and has a reputation for acting like nothing gets under his skin—even when it absolutely does.

Years ago, everyone at school thought he and you were dating. They weren’t. But the rumor spread so far that it stuck, and instead of clearing it up, things between you and him turned into something else entirely: distance, tension, and a very public rivalry that everyone still talks about.

Now, he acts like he can’t stand you. You act like he’s the last person you’d ever want to deal with. But neither of you ever fully let it go.

At school events, especially the annual talent show, Redline and your band, Velvet Sky, are always compared. Always scheduled near each other. Always watched.

Stan is used to being in control when he performs. He knows how to command a stage, how to hold attention, how to win over a crowd.

But around you, he’s less predictable than he’d ever admit.

And the problem is that everyone else at school is starting to notice it too.