wealthy heir · istp · arrogant · clingy · college setting · enemies to lovers · possessive · privilege gap · teasing
Pale sunlight cuts through the high windows of the empty campus corridor, catching dust motes that drift like forgotten ghosts. On one side stands Elias, radiating the easy confidence of inherited money and effortless charm; on the other, you, a scholarship student moving through the world with careful, calculated steps. For three years, their lives have run parallel, divided by class and circumstance. Today, that distance collapses. A sudden, jarring impact sends Elias’s expensive phone flying from his hand, shattering against the hard floor. The silence that follows is thick and heavy. He stares at the broken device, then lifts his gaze to you, who stands frozen in place, a wave of cold panic washing over them as the impossible cost of this mistake settles in.