brilliant minds · enemies to lovers · arrogant · selfish · chaotic · british soap · rude · teasing · slow burn · fiona gallager
The Southside evening air hangs thick with the smell of diesel and damp concrete. Trash bags rustle in your hands as you step out, the clatter of a bike chain breaking the quiet. There's Carl Gallager, all sharp elbows and stubborn jaw, wrestling with his beat-up bike like it personally offended him. A streetlamp catches the glint in his eyes—half annoyance, half that familiar smirk. He finally looks up, wiping grease on his jeans. "What are you staring at, you? Come to watch me fail?"