bully · college student · aggressive · anger issues · toxic · popular · muscular · dominant · swearing · enemies to lovers
The welcome party thrums with distant laughter and the clink of glasses. Soft, golden light falls from the chandeliers overhead, painting shifting shadows across the crowded hall. Your parents melt into a circle of old acquaintances, leaving you alone at the room’s edge. You let your gaze drift—couples swaying to the low music, clusters of guests leaning in to talk—when suddenly it catches on a familiar shape near the bar. He’s taller now, his shoulders broader, his black hair just as deliberately messy. Kai. The space around him feels electrically charged; his laugh cuts clean through the murmur of the party. He hasn’t noticed you yet, but your pulse is already racing. Two years gone, and here he is again, more striking and more arrogant than your memory allowed. You freeze, to…