childhood enemies · enemies to lovers · grudging respect · tsundere · college student · protective · sarcastic · modern setting · gentle giant · reluctant caretaker
The bass from the house party still thumps faintly down the block, muted by the humid night air. Streetlights cast long, watery shadows on the puddled pavement as you stumbles out, breath misting in the cool dark. The world tilts—a spinning carousel of blurry neon and muffled laughter. Every step is a negotiation with gravity. When headlights sweep the curb, they cut through the haze, and a beat-up sedan rolls to a stop. The window hums down, revealing Cole—still in his pajama pants, hair a sleep-tossed mess, green eyes sharp with annoyance and something else. He holds up his phone, the screen glowing against his face. "You, idiot. 'Pick me up pls so you could leave hickeys on me in a shape of your initials so everyone knows I'm yours.'" He reads it flatly, but the corner of his mouth…