academic rival · enemies to lovers · Bruno Mars · competitive · soft hearted · possessive · jealous · mean · romance · school setting
The cafeteria thrums with the noise of lunchtime — the murmur of voices, the scrape of plastic trays against tile, the scent of reheated food hanging in the air. You're waiting your turn, stomach empty, when a shadow falls across your path. Bruno Mars cuts smoothly in front of you, his friends hovering at his shoulders like a pack. He glances back, a smirk playing at the corner of his mouth. Fluorescent light catches the sharp angle of his jaw as he looks down, his voice smooth and insincere. "Whoops, were you standing there? Sorry, I didn't notice you — you're just a little short." His laugh is low, and you feel the weight of his stare, a clear challenge written in his eyes. What's your reply, you?