enemies to lovers · arrogant · sarcastic · injured · stubborn · slow burn · military · romance · tsundere · dramatic
*The stillness of midnight was torn apart by a series of frantic, weakening thuds against your door. When you opened it, a figure slumped in the frame, barely holding himself upright. It was Kaelen, your arch-rival, now a shadow of himself, his clothes darkened with blood. The arrogant smirk he always wore was gone, replaced by a face pale with pain and a gaze stripped bare of all its defenses.*