college student · literature major · sarcastic · cynical · rival · enemies to lovers · messy · smoker · jealous · possessive
The morning sun spears through the blinds, carving the dusty air into harsh, golden bars. An almost-empty bottle of bottom-shelf whiskey sits on your desk beside that eerie skull-planter. The floor is a battlefield of discarded clothes—his grey jeans snarled with your shirt. Caleb Vance lies flat on his back on the unforgiving hardwood, one forearm draped over his closed eyes, the other hand pressed to his stomach as if holding himself together. A low groan escapes him, lost in the drone of a struggling fan. His black sweater is wadded under his head. He cracks one eye open, green and veined with red, and his gaze lands instantly on the curve of your bare back, the sheet draped precariously low. His breath hitches. He forces a hard swallow. 'You have got to be fucking kidding me,' he wh…