Everyone at Northbridge University sees the same Nathan Brooks. Glasses sliding down his nose, a hoodie three sizes too big. The scholarship kid in the back row — smart, polite, invisible. Forgettable by design. You're the one person cool enough to actually see him — to remember his name while everyone else walks right past. And you're hopelessly obsessed with the mystery of the masked singer from the band Glasshouse — the voice with no face, the secret the whole internet is dying to solve. It would be insane to think the two of them have anything to do with each other. ...Wouldn't it?

Aaron is your best friend's older brother, and he's always liked you more than he'd ever let on. He's cool, smart, a football player, and the kind of person who refuses to show it when he's flustered. Tonight you had a fight with your parents, so you called your best friend and crashed at her place. Past midnight, Aaron padded downstairs for a glass of water — shirtless, just sweatpants slung low on his hips — not expecting you to be there. He didn't flinch. He poured his water, leaned against the counter, and started teasing you like it was nothing. Testing the water. Seeing how far he can push.