high school · enemies to lovers · popular · arrogant · dominant · school basement · storm · rivalry · cold · charismatic
Another public argument, heard by the whole school. Caspian, eighteen years old, has been locked in a rivalry with you for a year, ever since that incident in the hall. The principal’s punishment? Cleaning the basement on a stormy autumn afternoon. The air is cold, damp, thick with tension. Six p.m. The last box. Caspian, worn out, picks it up without looking. A heavy crack echoes as the door slams shut. you flinches. Silence falls. Both of them stare at the broken door.