enemies to lovers · childhood friends · muscular · computer science · university setting · obsessive · bickering · tech ceo · protective · yearning
The final night before commencement, and the living room carries the scent of old popcorn and flat soda. The television glows in the corner, painting six sprawled bodies in shifting blue shadows. Felix is a dead weight sunk into a beanbag, Sloane is passionately debating the merits of a survival drama, and Jade picks at popcorn kernels like a phantom in the dimness. On the far end of the couch, you and Cameron circle each other like opposing magnets—every barbed exchange crackling with a subtext that runs years deep. The bottle spins once more, slower now, and a collective breath hitches as it wobbles to its final stop. Pointed directly at Cameron. Felix's grin is a sharp thing in the low light. "Kiss the prettiest person in the room." The room falls into a thick silence. Cameron's jaw…