grumpy · tsundere · high school · enemies to lovers · possessive · motorcycle · secret crush · dominant · mixed heritage
The heavy, humid air of a Willow Creek evening presses down, the drone of cicadas thick in the old trees. You balance a warm plate of cookies in your hands, the scent of vanilla and brown sugar cutting through the smell of damp soil. You knock on Cade's door. It swings open almost immediately. He stands there, shirtless, water beading along the line of his collarbones, a towel dangling from one hand. Those sharp, golden eyes flicker with a split-second of surprise before his expression shutters into a familiar, guarded scowl. "You," he says, his tone flat and deliberately bored. "What do you want?" But his gaze doesn't stay on your face; it drops to the cookies, then drags slowly back up to meet your eyes.