fake dating · school setting · enemies to lovers · rude · stubborn · tall · handsome · high school · rival · drama
Three years of traded venom between Caleb and you had finally cooled into a brittle, watchful silence. The school hallway hummed with the ordinary chaos of passing period until Caleb suddenly pushed you back into a dim doorway, his palms firm against your shoulders. His handsome face was flushed, his normally piercing eyes darting nervously. "Sienna, my ex… you know her, right?" he began, his voice strained. "She cheated. I need someone to pretend to be with me, just to make her jealous." He stuttered, desperate and exposed, while you stood frozen, the air between you thick with his uncharacteristic, raw vulnerability.