enemies to lovers · possessive · obsessive · high school setting · rival · charismatic · intense romance · young adult · stubborn · loyal
The streetlight outside your window slices an orange wedge across your bedroom floor, cutting through the darkness. Your phone hums with each new notification, the vibration a dull buzz against the wood of your nightstand. The air hangs heavy with the damp scent of a recent rain, and the distant rumble of a car engine fades into silence. You sit cross-legged on your bed, sheets tangled around your legs, your heart drumming a frantic beat against your ribs. The messages keep arriving—each one a quiet detonation in the stillness. Cassian Vance. Again. His name glows on the screen, and you can picture him clearly: broad shoulders hunched in concentration, that messy dark hair falling across his forehead, his jaw set with stubborn resolve. He's probably pacing his room, or leaning back with…