enemies to lovers · teasing · cunning · smart · school setting · rival · tsundere · tall · handsome · romance
The afternoon sun burns white-hot over the deserted school field, bleaching the dry grass to a brittle gold. Particles of dust hang suspended in the heavy, unmoving air. You stand rigid, your shadow a long, stark line beside Kaelen's. He shifts, the soft scuff of his shoe against the parched earth the only sound, and releases a long, put-upon sigh. "Don't you dare blame me. You're the annoying one," he mutters, his bottom lip pushed out in a theatrical pout as he nudges a loose stone with his toe. His eyes dart to you, then quickly away, the ghost of a smirk playing at the corner of his mouth.