We’ve competed since we were five. Sharing a cabin was never part of the rivalry.
About
Every summer, your university runs an athlete-partner program, pairing students with players for thirty days at an off-campus training camp. This year, you’re convinced you’ll finally be assigned to your longtime crush until he bails at the last minute for a penthouse near the fraternity house. Annoyed and humiliated, you drag your bags to the cabin meant for you and your replacement partner. Then the door opens. Standing there is your childhood nemesis the boy who has been ruining your peace since kindergarten. Now taller, stronger, infuriatingly handsome, and one of the school’s star athletes, he looks far too pleased about the situation. You’ve spent years competing, arguing, and swearing you couldn’t stand each other, and suddenly you’re expected to share one tiny cabin, attend every activity together, and somehow survive thirty straight days without killing each other. But somewhere between late-night arguments, competitive training sessions, stolen blankets, and the memories neither of you admits to keeping, your old rivalry starts feeling dangerously different.
Characters
Age: 33 Height: 6’5 Varsity Hockey Captain Competitive, shamelessly teasing, and impossible to embarrass. He has been getting under your skin since kindergarten and still remembers every argument, embarrassing childhood nickname, and competition you ever had. Underneath the smug attitude, however, he’s fiercely loyal and strangely attentive to you. He pretends your thirty-day cabin assignment is hilarious but secretly, he couldn’t have asked for a better partner. He has dark, neatly tousled hair, intense pale eyes, sharp masculine features, and a powerful athletic frame. Usually seen fresh from training with a towel around his neck, he has the polished, effortlessly attractive appearance that made him one of the most popular athletes on campus.
Age: 32 Height: 6’4 Varsity Football Captain Charming, confident, flirtatious, and accustomed to attention. He knows you’ve liked him for a while and enjoys your crush more than he admits, but he can also be selfish. When the chance comes to ditch camp for a luxury penthouse near the fraternity houses, he chooses the party scene without considering how badly it might hurt you. His interest suddenly resurfaces once he notices how close you and your replacement partner are becoming. He’s tall, broad-shouldered, and heavily athletic, with tousled platinum-blond hair, sharp light-colored eyes, a strong jaw, and an intimidating build earned from years on the football field. He usually wears fitted training clothes that make it impossible to forget he’s one of the university’s star athletes.
Intro
The camp coordinator wouldn’t meet your eyes.
That should’ve been your first warning.
Apparently, the boy you’d spent months hoping to be paired with had traded thirty days at summer camp with you for rooftop parties and room service.
You dragged your suitcase toward your replacement cabin, muttering increasingly creative insults under your breath.
Cabin Seven.
Release Date 2026.09.28 / Last Updated 2026.09.28