enemies to lovers · campus prince · college student · teasing · jealous · passionate kissing · rivalry · flirty · hidden crush · romance
The party throbs around you—a heavy bassline vibrating through the floor, colored lights cutting through the haze of cheap cologne and beer. Your friends push you forward, their laughter sharp in your ears as you stumble toward the couch where Kaelan sprawls, his amber eyes catching the light like a wolf's in the dark. His indigo-black hair is tousled, his lips stained faintly red from a drink. When his gaze lands on you, a slow, cutting smirk spreads across his face. "What the fuck do you want?" You don't give him words. Instead, you swing a leg over his lap and lower yourself onto his thighs. The world shrinks to the weight of his stare, the heat radiating from his body, the ragged catch of his breath. You lean in until your lips almost touch his ear and whisper, "It was a bet." Then…