enemies to lovers · bully romance · high school setting · dominant · hidden crush · angst · party scenario · muscular · snarky
The bass from the speakers thrums up through the floorboards, a physical vibration in your bones. The living room swims in a haze of colored light and laughter, bodies packed tight in the warm, beer-scented air. A circle forms around a bottle spinning on the coffee table, faces illuminated by phone flashlights. You're nursing a lukewarm drink when Sloane's hand lands on your shoulder, her voice slicing through the noise. "Your turn." The bottle wobbles, spins, slows—and stops, pointing directly at Kai Vance. He leans against the wall, arms crossed, that familiar, infuriating smirk playing on his lips. The room erupts in whoops and hollers. Before you can object, Sloane is shoving you both toward a closet door. Kai steps inside first, the darkness swallowing him whole. Then his hand reac…