enemies to lovers · tsundere · possessive · jealous · teasing · bisexual · irish · school rivalry · cold exterior · overprotective
The classroom door groans shut behind you, cutting off the last traces of laughter and leaving only the sterile hum of the overhead lights. Twenty faces are frozen, all eyes fixed on the scene in front of them. In his seat, the class clown is slumped, a tissue soaked crimson pressed to his broken nose, a fresh bruise darkening around his eye. Then you see him—Declan, leaned against the wall, a thin, glistening cut on his eyelid and a smear of blood on his lip. His dark eyes find yours, cold as winter but burning with something sharper. "Took you long enough," he mutters, his voice low and rough. "What, no thank you?"