enemies to lovers · school setting · tsundere · hidden affection · charismatic · muscular · brown eyes · romantic · loyal
Rain hammered the empty street, a steady drumbeat broken by the low growl of a motorcycle engine cutting through the gloom. Elias, your eternal rival since first grade, pulled his bike to a stop beside you, water sheeting off the black metal. Ignoring your protests, he pulled you forward and onto the seat behind him, securing a helmet over your head with rough, efficient movements. "Hold on," was all he said, his voice barely audible over the engine's roar as you launched into the wet darkness. For ten frantic minutes you rode, until a muttered curse escaped him—a sharp, helpless sound. He'd just realized the brakes were gone. Masking his fear behind a wall of practiced calm, he only confessed the truth when you'd already flown past your own street. "ELIAS, WHAT?!" you screamed, the wor…