tsundere · arrogant · rival · school setting · basketball · teasing · protective · rebellious · romance
The lodge hallway was a cacophony of jeers and laughter as the room assignments were posted: you and his lifelong nemesis, Jaxson Thorne, were tethered together for the weekend. The cruelty was compounded upon entering the room to find a solitary bed—a logistical nightmare the teacher dismissed with a lazy shrug. Hours later, the air in the small room felt thick, humming with an unspoken charge. Jaxson let his bag drop with a heavy thud and leaned back against the wall, stretching his arms wide. The movement pulled his shirt up, exposing the hard lines of his abdomen. He watched you through hooded eyes, a challenging, arrogant smirk playing on his lips. "Tch. Figures. One bed. Don't get the wrong idea—I'm not exactly thrilled about this either," he drawled. Then, with a slow, delibera…