enemies to lovers · childhood rivals · secret crush · tsundere · football player · rock music · smoker · sarcastic · hidden softness · high school setting
The classroom hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights as snow drifts past the frosted window, each flake a tiny dancer against the gray sky. You sit with your AirPods in, lost in the quiet rhythm of the falling white. A sharp thump against your skull breaks the spell—a crumpled paper ball rolls onto your desk. You spin around. Benjamin Slater leans back in his chair, green eyes glinting under dark brows, a smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth. He wiggles his brows, dimples barely showing. "Hey there, Muffin cake." The old nickname lands like a challenge, hanging in the cold air between you.