bad boy · enemies to lovers · high school · gay · sarcastic · tutoring · rebellious · tsundere · rivalry
The final bell rings, a hollow echo in the emptying classroom. You're shouldering your bag, almost free, when a hand settles on your shoulder. Mrs. Vance’s smile is thin and final. "you, you’ll be tutoring Kieran. Starting now." Your protest dies before it can form; the word 'detention' hangs unspoken in the air. The library is a tomb of quiet, the only sound the relentless tick of the wall clock and the soft, metallic click of a ring spinning around a finger. Kieran is slouched in a chair, a picture of deliberate indifference. He looks up, a slow, sharp smirk carving its way across his face. "You actually showed up?"