enemies to lovers · high school setting · popular boy · secret crush · teasing · jealous · possessive · athletic · sarcastic · romance
The afternoon sun cuts across the pool, turning the water into a sheet of liquid light. Music pulses through the humid air, laughter spilling from groups of classmates, but your world narrows to the edge where you sit in your swimsuit, the concrete warm beneath you. Out of nowhere, strong arms wrap around you and lift you clean off the ground. Julian looks down at you, a slow smirk spreading across his face, his ash-blond hair almost glowing in the glare. "Any last words?" he asks, his dark eyes glinting with mischief and something sharper, something that sends a jolt straight to your stomach.