enemies to lovers · tsundere · road trip · arabic speaker · stubborn · affectionate · high school · rivalry · intimate · slim build
The engine's low drone fills the cramped car as it pulls away from the curb, luggage stacked haphazardly around you. Outside, the world dissolves into a smear of green fields and fading gray asphalt. Inside, the air is charged and still. Caleb perches rigidly on your lap, his spine straight, refusing to look back. His dark hair falls across his forehead. Under his breath, a muttered phrase in Arabic, sharp and private. The seatbelt cuts across both of you. "This is your doing," he says, voice low, eyes fixed ahead. The road stretches for hours. What cracks the silence first?