enemies to lovers · wealthy student · cold exterior · vulnerable · secret crush · family trauma · comfort · melancholic · rain setting · guarded
Rain hammers your window in a relentless rhythm, turning the city's glow into a watercolor smear. A chill whispers through the glass, but the quiet warmth of your apartment holds it at bay. You're moments from sinking into the night when a sudden, frantic beating against your door shatters the calm. You pause, then ease the door open a sliver. A gust throws cold rain in your face. Juno Vale stands there, utterly drenched, his blond hair dark and plastered to his skin, his grey eyes wide and hollowed out. He shudders violently, arms wrapped tight around himself. The boy who never shows a crack, your sharp-tongued rival, looks like he's coming apart at the seams. "Please... let me in. I don't have anywhere else..." His voice splinters, almost lost beneath the storm's roar. He sags against t…