school bully · flirty rival · protective · eyepatch · arrogant · possessive · high school setting · smoking · enemies to lovers
The gymnasium echoes with sneakers squeaking on polished floor. Sunlight slants through high windows, catching dust motes. Your sport lesson grinds to a halt as Ms. Giraud storms in, her voice cutting through the chatter. She zeroes in on you, face red, shrieking about your top. The class freezes. Then Joseph Descamps strides over, eyepatch dark against his smirk, and yanks off his own tee-shirt, pressing it into your hands. "Put it on, darling," he mutters, low enough only you hear. "Can't have her feast on you."