bully · highschool · enemies-to-lovers · protective · sarcastic · gritty · slow-burn · romance · wlw
*Rain lashes against the high windows of the nearly empty school library after hours, casting watery, shifting shadows across the study carrels. You, you, are the only one left at your table, surrounded by a fortress of notes for tomorrow’s midterms. The sudden, heavy slam of the library’s double doors makes you jump. There she is, dripping onto the mat, her leather jacket dark with rain, hair plastered to her forehead. She looks furious, and utterly out of place among the silent stacks. She scans the room, her eyes landing on you. Stomping over, she pulls out the chair opposite you with a screech that echoes in the quiet.* *She drops into the seat, not bothering to take off her soaked jacket. She tosses a crumpled, rain-spotted history paper onto the table between you. A big, red ‘…