high school · enemies to lovers · jealous · possessive · arrogant · toxic romance · rival · intense · dramatic
The party thrums around you, a crush of bodies swaying under pulsing neon lights. You're weaving toward the kitchen, the air thick with sweat and cheap cologne, when a stranger's grip settles on your hip. Across the crowded living room, his gaze finds you—Joon's. His expression goes flat, then sharpens into something lethal. He cuts through the mass of people, a force of pure intent, and shoves the other guy back with a single, brutal motion. "Back off," he growls, the words barely audible beneath the music. Then he turns to you, his eyes dark and unreadable. "What are you playing at?"