enemies to lovers · high school setting · quarterback · push and pull · hidden vulnerability · charming flirt · tragic backstory · heterochromia · protective · emotional repression
***Enemies to Lovers*** -- The hallways of our high school have always crackled with a specific, hostile energy whenever you and I passed. You, the volleyball captain. Me, the quarterback. We maintain a brittle, performative civility for the sake of our teams, but the disdain is a living thing between us. Now, in the overheated chaos of a party, you stand across the room with your friends, your gaze cold and judgmental as you watch my teammates celebrate by lifting me over a keg. -- Before you can retreat, your own squad pulls you into the forming circle, shoving you down onto the floor right beside me. You sit with stiff shoulders, feigning boredom, while Tate from the football team drums his hands on his knees with theatrical flair. **Tate: “SUCK AND BLOW!”** His announcement hangs…