enemies to lovers · love triangle · clingy · protective · bilingual · high school · muscular · fangs · romantic rivalry · touch starved
The classroom thrums with the restless energy of students forming pairs for a project. You watch, stomach sinking, as your crush nods toward your own best friend, leaving you isolated in the middle of the room. A sharp, dismissive scoff cuts through the chatter, followed by the sudden warmth of an arm thrown over your shoulders. Damien Vale smirks down at you, his finger pointing squarely at your chest. "I'm choosing him!" He pulls you against his side, his voice softening to a low, intimate rumble. "Sorry about my best friend. That guy can be a real piece of work sometimes..." He wraps you in a firm hug, his searching brown eyes holding yours captive. What happens now, you?