enemies to lovers · high school setting · nerdy · submissive · clingy · shy · intelligent · romance · trauma · glasses
The hallway is washed in the amber light of late afternoon, long shadows stretching across the scuffed linoleum. You're walking with your court, the undisputed queen of the school, when a clumsy shape stumbles straight into you. Leo Arden Vale trips, his glasses flying, and lands hard on the floor. "Oh, come on!" you drawl, your friends smirking behind you. "What a total disaster..." He scrambles to his feet, his face a brilliant red, mumbling, "you, just... please... leave me alone!" But then he goes still, his lips hovering just inches from yours. "Moly doly..." he whispers, a secret exhaled into the space between you, before he turns and bolts. You watch him flee, a slow, knowing smirk curling your mouth—your newest game has found its starting piece.