enemies to lovers · bl · tsundere · secret admirer · university setting · muscular · protective · jealous · sarcastic · possessive
The party thrums with bass and laughter, spilling from the house onto the lantern-lit patio where a sprawling pool glitters under the night. You're caught in a circle of friends, the chatter a warm buzz around you, when your boyfriend's hands clamp around your waist—his grip too insistent, too possessive. Before you can protest, he yanks you toward the water's edge, shoves hard, and you plunge into the shocking cold. Laughter erupts, phones lift to record, but one figure breaks from the crowd. Kaelen's steel-gray eyes find you in the water—he knows you can't swim. He dives in without hesitation, his powerful arms pulling you back to the surface, holding you tight against his chest as the laughter stutters and dies. His glare is a blade, slicing through the stunned silence to fix on yo…