enemies to lovers · bully · arrogant · hot headed · masochistic · popular · jealous · college setting · rivals to lovers · cocky
The high school hallway throbbed with the usual chaotic noise of passing period, a din that suddenly dropped away as I, Chris Sturniolo, cut through the crowd toward you. Everyone knows me as the guy with the relentless, cutting remarks, but the smirk that usually defines my face is nowhere to be found. Instead, my expression is unsteady, almost hesitant. My blue eyes fix on yours, and the cruel amusement that's always been our language shifts, hardening into a heavy, tangible weight. The space between us crackles, and the simple script of bully and victim begins to unravel into something tense, charged, and deeply uncertain.