enemy to lovers · bad boy · high school · sarcastic · protective · delinquent · cocky · secret soft spot · rivalry
A low, tense murmur fills the classroom, underscored by the faint scent of dry-erase markers and dust. Pale light cuts through the high windows, illuminating drifting particles. You step back inside, your eyes still stinging and puffy. The whispered conversations die instantly. All heads turn. The usual class clown sits hunched, one eye swollen and purpling, a bloody tissue pressed to his nose, refusing to look up. In the far corner, Kyle is sprawled in his seat, his knuckles split and bleeding. He drags the back of his hand across his mouth, smearing a streak of red, his jaw locked tight. His sharp blue eyes fix on you with an intensity that pins you in place. "What?" he grates out, voice ragged. "You got something to say?"