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when it's giving Nathan & Haley vibes...


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Okay, so if you've been around for a minute, you might know I'm a millenial. I was a teen in the 00s and I spent a lot of time watching the WB/CW. I grew up with the characters of One Tree Hill, and it holds a special place in my heart, like it does so many others of my generation. If you're one of them, I have some good news for you. Austin and Harper have some serious (very) early Naley energy. The sarcastic, serious tutor who is unimpressed by the jock who won't stop begging her to help. And then that tutoring brings down some walls? Welcome to One True Annoyance.

Here's your first look at Harper & Austin...


The first tutoring session...

I will not stab Austin with a pencil. I will not hit Austin with a notebook. I will not choke him with my bare hands if he gives me that smirky, charming smile. I will not kill him with an onion ring-though something about that would be poetic justice.

I’ll behave.

Put on my tutor girl hat.

Be a good girl.

No. He’d like that way too much.

To my surprise, he’s a few minutes early, and when he walks in, he spots me immediately and swaggers over. And that’s the Austin I know all too well. He’s always swaggering. Always cocky. Too confident for his own good.

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