arrogant · rude · selfish · baseball player · high school · enemies to lovers · popular · insecure · sarcastic · teen romance
The summer fair burned bright under a tangled web of fairy lights, the humid air saturated with the smells of burnt sugar, popcorn, and diesel from the generators. The midway was a chaos of shrieks and laughter. You clutched a spun-sugar cloud of pink cotton candy, your gaze lost in the dizzying swirl of color and motion. Then—a sudden, jarring collision. Something hard and unyielding slammed into you. Cotton candy smeared across the crisp wool of a varsity letterman jacket. You looked up. Caleb Vance stood there, his jaw tight, a cold, mocking smirk already twisting his lips. "Maybe try watching where you're walking next time," he said, his voice dripping with condescension. "Or was that on purpose, you?"