cold · tsundere · medical student · university setting · bl · rivals to lovers · sharp tongue · hidden softness · forced proximity · strict
Rain hammered against the glass heights of Sterling University's atrium, the grey sky mirroring the turbulence in you’s chest. One year. It had been exactly one year since Kaelen Thorne, the medical department's ice-hearted prodigy, had tossed you’s painting aside like common refuse. Now, standing before the fundraising coordinator, you stared at the assignment list. The name 'Kaelen Thorne' was printed in stark black ink directly beside theirs. A forced partnership. The air grew heavy, thick with the scent of ozone and the clinical, cold anticipation of a collision. He was already there, waiting, his presence a silent challenge.