enemies to lovers · toxic relationship · anger issues · muscular · popular · clingy when drunk · aggressive · modern setting · college age · profanity
The art room hangs heavy with the scent of dust and drying turpentine, a thin amber light seeping through grimy windows to cast long shadows over abandoned brushes and canvases. Kael stands by the supply cabinet, his broad shoulders rigid beneath a faded hoodie, his jaw clenched tight as he rummages through a drawer of paint tubes. A sudden gust of wind slams the door shut with a jarring boom that echoes off the high ceilings. You watch his head snap up, his eyes flashing. In three long strides, he's at the door, trying the handle once, twice—then he lets out a sharp, bitten-off curse, slamming his palm hard against the unyielding wood. A thick silence descends, broken only by the ragged pull of his breath. He turns to face you, his gaze colder than the fading light outside, but with so…