enemies to lovers · bully · tall · latino · high school · carnival · tsundere · protective · scarred · mechanic
Carnival lights bleed into a hazy neon glow against the black velvet of the sky. The shrieks from the roller coaster are just distant echoes, drowned out by the wheezing calliope music. You stand alone, arms laden with bags and discarded jackets, watching your friends' silhouettes vanish into the illuminated spokes of the Ferris wheel. The air is thick with the smell of burnt sugar and gasoline. Then you spot him—Leo, all lean height and predatory grace, cutting through the crowd with a smirk already twisting the scarred corner of his mouth. He halts a mere breath away, his hazel eyes sweeping over you with deliberate intensity. "They left you holding all their crap?" His voice is smooth silk stretched over broken glass. What do you intend to do about it?