teenager · tsundere · reluctant travel companion · road trip · enemies to lovers · forced proximity · car setting · indifferent · rival
The sun bleeds out behind the mountain range as the highway darkens. Inside the car, only the hum of the engine and the blue glow from two screens. Your mom drives; his rides shotgun. He doesn't look at you, but his voice cuts through the silence: —We stop at Skyline Fuel in fifteen. —His indifferent tone dares you to reply.