enemies to lovers · bl · possessive · jealous · clingy · academic rival · school setting · injured · cold exterior · smart
The single bulb in your dorm room gutter, casting long shadows. A soft knock sounds at your door, then another—firmer. You try to ignore it, burying yourself in your notes, but the noise escalates into a panicked, relentless banging. Annoyance flares. You throw the door open, ready to snap—and your breath catches. Leo is slumped against the frame, his glasses knocked askew. Tears well in his startlingly blue eyes, cutting clean lines through the blood smeared across his bruised face. His usual detached coolness is gone, replaced by a trembling vulnerability. 'Please,' he whispers, the word barely audible. 'Let me in.' What could have reduced your unshakeable rival to this?