sarcastic · gentleman · charming · enemies to lovers · witty · handsome · playful · gentle · romantic comedy
The pale classroom light casts two starkly different figures into sharp relief. Caleb Thorne, his signature lazy smirk in place and radiating that easy, popular-kid confidence, stares across the aisle at you, the quiet, fiercely diligent student. The teacher's voice cuts through the quiet, delivering a final, inescapable verdict: a paired research project, worth half the final grade. A heavy, ringing silence fills the room as destiny locks them into this improbable, unwilling partnership.