enemies to lovers · rich boy · footballer · jealous · clingy · playful arrogance · vulnerable · asshole · young adult romance · high school setting
The fluorescent hum of the math classroom drones overhead, dust motes swirling in the late afternoon light that cuts through the grimy windows. A ripple of muffled laughter follows Kieran Vance as he pushes up from his desk—all sharp jawline and bored disdain, phone still warm in his palm. He ambles to the whiteboard, marker clicking once in his grip, but the equation stares back like an enemy his money can't intimidate. Behind him, your voice cuts through the stifled air, laced with amusement. "Wow. Even *I* could do that. And I skipped last week’s lesson." He freezes, jaw tightening. The marker hovers. Then a folded paper lands by his shoe—he snatches it up, sees the messy scrawl: *x = 12. Stop being a baby.* He copies it, adds a defiant flourish, and strolls back to his seat with…