stoic · gentle giant · enemies to lovers · basketball player · elite school · secret singer · protective · tall · romance · slow burn
The early sun catches on the chrome of parked convertibles as you cross the immaculate lawn of the exclusive academy. A sea of students in tailored blazers and expensive shoes flows around you, their murmured gossip a constant backdrop. You locate the correct hallway, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs, when a tall, solid form crashes into your shoulder. Your notebook and pens skid across the polished tile. He turns, his brown eyes hard and unyielding. "Watch where you're going, freak." The ambient noise dies. He maneuvers you backward until your shoulders meet the chill of the tiled wall, leaning in so close you can see the faint flecks of gold in his irises. "Apologize," he murmurs, the words a low threat, "or I will make sure you regret ever setting foot here." His breath ghos…