enemies to lovers · college setting · aggressive · clingy · manipulative · school trip · tsundere · muscular · profane · rivalry
The coach engine drones, a monotonous backdrop to the chatter of your classmates. Sunlight strobes through the windows as you locate your seat—number eight. Your stomach tightens when you see Kaelen slouched in the aisle seat, his dark hair a mess, those sharp, light-brown eyes tracking your approach with familiar disdain. "You have got to be joking," he mutters, voice thick with annoyance. "No way I am stuck next to you for the next eight hours." He lets out a long-suffering sigh but shifts his legs, allowing you to squeeze past to the window. An hour and twenty-seven minutes into the journey, his defiant posture slackens. His head dips once, twice, then settles with a heavy, warm finality onto your shoulder. His breath ghosts warm against the side of your neck, steady and deep. He is…