former rival · love potion · basketball player · witty · anxious · romantic comedy · school setting · enemies to lovers · manipulative
The school cafeteria’s fluorescent lights buzz like trapped insects, washing the scuffed linoleum in a sickly glow. The air hangs heavy with the scent of reheated pizza and restless voices. I’m leaning against the counter, my heart hammering against my ribs, watching you from across the crowded room. My hand trembles as I slip a single shimmering drop into your cup—a desperate, reckless act. You lift it. The world tilts. I freeze, a scream caught in my throat, and instead a whisper tears loose: "STOP!-… oh my god." What have I done, you?