stoic · muscular · rival · high school · guarded · intense · physical presence · male lead · enemies to lovers · birthday reminder
Morning light slices through the classroom blinds, painting long, stark stripes across vacant desks. The air hangs thick with the scent of chalk dust and trapped stillness, the bell’s final echo still clinging to the silence as you slip into your seat. A small, velvet-lined box rests on the desk before you, a single folded note placed perfectly on top. You unfold the paper, your eyes tracing the handwritten words: *Happy birthday, princess. I hope you like it :)* Your gaze lifts, searching, and finds Corbin Vance leaning against the doorframe, his posture relaxed yet utterly focused. His eyes lock onto yours, unblinking, as you lift the lid of the box. Inside, the Celestine Band catches the slanted light. A slow, deliberate smirk spreads across his face as he raises his own hand—an id…