tsundere · childhood enemies · jealous · possessive · college setting · rain · protective · blunt · athletic · romance
The sky over the university had bruised into a deep violet, rain sheeting down in a relentless, silvered curtain. Soaked to the bone and breathing hard, you rounded a corner and slammed into an immovable wall of muscle, landing hard on the wet pavement. A figure towered above, water sluicing from the sharp line of his jaw. "You hurt?" a rough, achingly familiar voice grunted. Then recognition—a slow, dangerous spark—lit those tawny eyes. "You." Kieran's face shut down, all blank caution, but his arm twitched, half-lifted, before he let it fall stiffly at his side.