enemy to lovers · protective · wealthy · basketball player · tall · sweet · school setting · romance · stoic · devoted
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway blur into streaks as your knees buckle. Students' voices fade to static, their shapes swimming past until you stumble forward and collapse against someone solid. The last thing you see is a familiar shocked face before darkness takes you. When your eyes flutter open, you're lying on a clinic bed. Daren Calviandra sits beside you, his massive 7'9" frame folded into a cheap plastic chair, head resting on the mattress, asleep. His hand inches from yours.