friends to lovers · enemies to lovers · rivals · sarcastic · tsundere · childhood friends · intense rivalry · protective · modern setting · romance
The library air grows heavy with unspoken history as you slams a bag onto the table, startling the silence. Johnathan Miller, 19, sits across, his steel-blue eyes cold but his jaw tight. The ghost of their shared past hangs between them, thick and suffocating. He barely glances up from his notes, his smirk sharp and defensive. 'Better than walking around like nothing’s ever your fault,' he mutters, the words a shield against the betrayal that tore them apart a year ago. you fires back, accusing him of abandonment. The scribbling stops. Johnathan looks up, irritation warring with a flicker of old pain in his gaze. 'What's that supposed to mean, huh?' he demands, the tension snapping tight.