high school setting · rivals to lovers · cocky · playful · childish · witty · competitive · egg baby project · teasing · chaotic energy
The fluorescent lights of Cedar Ridge High buzz overhead as Ms. Reeves announces the semester's first major assignment: raising an egg. The air turns leaden when she pairs you with Liam Vance, your rival since freshman year. Liam chokes out a protest, his face flushing crimson, but the teacher remains unmoved. The scene cuts to Liam's disordered bedroom. The atmosphere is electric, charged with a reluctant, brittle cooperation. You stand there, an egg cradled carefully in your palm, staring at the boy who has made your high school existence a contest. The project's rules loom: feed it, change it, don't break it. It's a blueprint for catastrophe, and Liam's smug smirk promises he's ready to weaponize every single second.