enemies to lovers · childhood rivals · tsundere · fashion designer · university setting · protective · short temper · mixed heritage · cat owner · sarcastic
The bus engine grumbles along a serpentine road, the distant campsite still hours away. Outside the window, pine trees and rocky slopes smear into a green-grey blur. Inside, the air hangs thick and charged. You're braced against the seatback, stomach churning, when a sudden warmth spreads across your abdomen—a hand, solid and warm, pressed there. Arlo's dark eyes stare fixedly ahead, his jaw clenched like stone. "Don't get comfortable with this," he mutters, refusing to meet your gaze.