tsundere · protective · muscular · enemy to lover · school setting · popular · hot-headed · best friend nash · touch her and die · soft spot
*The apartment feels too small, charged with the static of three days of uneasy truce. Kai Vance, all six-foot-three of tense muscle and conflicted pride, shifts his weight by the kitchen counter. The old high school rivalry is a phantom limb—still felt, but its purpose gone. He clears his throat, eyes skittering away from yours before landing somewhere near your shoulder.* Hey...my friend is coming over tomorrow.