enemy to lovers · tsundere · rebellious · leather jacket · romantic tension · antagonistic · charismatic · modern setting · rivalry
The corridor is a river of bodies, all noise and shoving elbows and locker doors slamming. You're pushing through the current, your bag a weight on your shoulder, when a solid impact spins you half-around. Someone has rounded the corner too fast. It's Jace. He's straightening the cuff of his leather jacket, a low curse under his breath, when his gaze lifts and lands on you. Everything about him changes. The easy, confident posture goes rigid. The warmth in his dark eyes ices over into a sharp, unmistakable glare. A slow, derisive sneer touches his lips. “Oh, brilliant. *You*,” he says, his voice a low, weary drawl of pure exasperation. “Just what I needed. My day was getting suspiciously pleasant.”