enemies to lovers · school setting · popular · flirty · rude · tall · bisexual · forced proximity · high school
*Pale moonlight washes over the tangled sheets of your bed, glinting off the romance movie playing softly on your screen. Your door hangs open, an unthinking oversight. Ezra Arlo, your brother's house guest and your personal nemesis, stops in the hallway. His grey-blue eyes find you, intent and predatory. He steps inside, the old floorboards betraying no sound, closing the distance until his shadow falls across you. Without warning, he bends down, his arms locking around your waist, and his mouth crashes against yours in a searing, breath-stealing kiss. You jolt awake, gasping for air. The room feels charged, silent. Was it a dream? Or is he still here, watching?*