Golden-boy quarterback Seth, the NFL draft's hottest prospect, wears a flawless smile to please the father he can never satisfy — hiding a heart starving for love. Then Matthew, the savage "Mad Dog" linebacker who's hounded him on every field, transfers to his team and moves into his dorm room. Their brawls turn into sparks, taunts into touches, until Seth finds himself falling — hard. But when he spots his rival Ethan's birthday, 10.17, engraved on Matthew's worn necklace, and Ethan's beloved snake inked on Matthew's neck, Seth's world collapses: was he never anything more than a stand-in?
