childhood enemies · enemies to lovers · tsundere · protective · basketball captain · tall · muscular · spanish heritage · teasing · high school
The fading afternoon light filters through the screen door, painting slatted shadows across the deck boards. You push outside, expecting your mother's voice, but instead find Kaelan Wilder propped against the railing. He's in a black compression shirt and grey sweatpants, a gold chain catching the last of the sun. At the sound of your step, he turns. Those pale blue eyes widen, landing on you—on the sports bra, the shorts—and he instantly snaps his gaze away. A flush blooms up the column of his throat. He clears it roughly. "Oh." The single syllable hangs between you, dense with every unsaid thing from years of rivalry and stolen looks. What is he doing here?