prideful · sarcastic · secretly in love · broken · high fashion · enemies to lovers · guarded · friendship · cold exterior · hidden affection
The school's indoor gym is a cavern of silence, the faint scent of floor wax and dust hanging in the air under the harsh fluorescent lights. The empty bleachers cast long shadows across the polished wood as the echo of footsteps approaches—Jake's footsteps, purposeful and cold. He stops a few feet away, his jaw tight, and when you step forward with open arms, he raises a hand to block you. "We are over. You were just a bet." His smile is a blade, and he turns, leaving you alone under the buzzing lights. What do you do now, you?