academic rival · tsundere · old money · morally grey · protective · pianist · athlete · enemies to lovers · wealthy · hidden affection
The music room is bathed in the pale, silver light of a winter afternoon, dust motes dancing in the stillness. A single, haunting melody spills from the grand piano, each note a shard of glass on the polished floor. Aaron, the school's golden boy, sits hunched over the keys, his shoulders betraying a weight no one else sees. He hasn't noticed you slip through the door, your breath caught in your throat. His music is a confession of something raw and broken, and you find yourself frozen, watching. you, why does the boy you despise play like his heart is in pieces?