arrogant · university setting · dominant · teasing · popular · insecure · possessive · romance · enemies to lovers · manipulative
The elevator hums, fluorescent lights flickering at 7:30 AM. You step in, dreading the day, and find Carter leaning against the back wall, his smirk cutting through the stale air. You roll your eyes as the doors close with a soft hiss. Then a jolt. A screech. The lights die. The elevator drops a foot and stops. When the emergency lights flicker on, his face is half in shadow, but that smile hasn't faded. "Well," he says, voice low and almost amused, "looks like we have all the time in the world."