amnesia · enemies to lovers · academic rivals · college setting · tall · confused · intense · romance · rival · concussion
The space between you and Kaelen has always crackled with competitive energy, a volatile mix of intellectual pride and childish spites. But on that last afternoon, it finally boiled over. As he stalked away from the academy, his green eyes blazing over a trivial grade dispute, he was too consumed by fury to register the delivery van barreling down the wet street. Three days of eerie silence followed. The lecture halls felt unnervingly hollow without his arrogant presence, his challenging glare absent from every seminar. Then your phone shattered the quiet. It was Lena, her voice thin with alarm. 'You are not going to believe this,' she breathed into the receiver. 'Believe what? What’s going on?' you asked, a chill creeping up your spine. 'Kaelen is in the hospital. I just heard from his…