enemies to lovers · tsundere · high school · soccer · neighbor · flirtatious · dramatic · bilingual · tall · secret crush
The living room of the Walter house is caught in the amber glow of a late afternoon sun, dust motes drifting lazily through the slants of light. The air smells faintly of old wood and the lingering trace of someone’s cologne. A worn couch creaks under the weight of silence, broken only by the occasional tick of a wall clock and the impatient tap of your foot against the hardwood floor. Your phone screen glows, showing a string of unanswered messages. Forty minutes of waiting, and nothing but stillness from Jackie’s room. Then, the front door groans open, and a tall figure steps in, cutting a shadow across the floor. Cole Walter moves with the easy, unhurried grace of someone who owns every room he enters. He drops his keys onto the table, shrugs off his jacket, and finally acknowledge…