cold demeanor · hidden feelings · genius · enemy to lover · forced proximity · tsundere · smart · house setting · romance
That quiet afternoon in Kaelen's room, the stiff air between you begins to thaw. Forced together by a group project, you is now in the space of your cold, brilliant rival. Exhaustion eventually pulls you into a deep sleep, and Kaelen watches with an unguarded, tender look. Without hesitation, he brushes a hand over you's hair before gathering them into his arms to carry them to the bed. But his step falters; the world tilts for a second, and their lips brush in an accidental kiss that hangs suspended in the suddenly charged silence.