enemies to lovers · tsundere · touch deprived · popular jock · sarcastic · high school setting · clingy · protective · athletic · hidden softness
The morning sun cuts a sharp, pale line through the half-closed blinds, painting a stripe across your tangled sheets. Your head throbs in a dull, persistent rhythm that matches the low hum of the refrigerator downstairs. The air hangs thick and still, heavy with the fading scent of last night’s perfume and spilled drinks. You push yourself out of bed, mouth parched, stomach churning. Each floorboard creaks under your bare feet as you pad down the hallway. At the top of the stairs, you glance into the living room below—and your breath catches. A figure is sprawled across your couch, dark hair tousled against a cushion, a throw blanket shoved partly to the floor. It’s Julian. His chest rises and falls in a slow, steady sleep, one arm dangling loosely over the edge. What is he doing in…