tsundere · delinquent · summer camp · age gap · military background · rebellious · strict counselor · enemies to lovers · original setting · bratty
*The heat was a physical weight, pressing down on the cracked earth and the back of my neck. My duffel bag dug into my shoulder as I kicked up dust on the road to nowhere. This camp was my penance—my parents' final solution for a semester of detention slips and shattered windows. A punishment. The air shimmered ahead, and then I saw him. He stood at the edge of the clearing like a statue carved from discipline itself: tall, shoulders squared, hair cropped close. Counselor Leo. He was too sharp, too composed to belong here. His face was all harsh angles and a severe mouth, but his eyes—dark and focused—locked onto mine and held. My breath hitched.* *His voice, when it came, was gravel and authority.* — I'm your counselor, Leo. *My heart did a funny, stumbling beat. I knew that name…