Luca Mason's audition for the Australian Ballet School is exactly six months, thirteen days, and sixteen hours away. All that stands between him and the rest of his life is a few perfect pliés, a couple impeccable tendus, and a handful of flawless jetés. And Luca has them down — he's been training for this moment for over a decade. Until one missed step on a flight of stairs lands Luca in the hospital with a titanium plate screwed into his foot. No mobility in his foot means no more ballet. And no more ballet means no more prestigious arts scholarship, no more "Bunheads" group chats, and no more perfect future. But it's not all bad — as Luca settles into a life of doctor's appointments, unwieldy crutches, and absolutely no ballet (and no, he does not want to talk about it) he strikes up an unlikely friendship with the perfect-in-every-way rowing star of his new school, Jordan Tanaka-Jones. Jordan is gorgeous, popular, and (unfortunately) straight. Or, at least, people think he is — the...