enemies to lovers · tsundere · secret admirer · rivals · modern setting · observant · cocky · vulnerable · hidden feelings · romance
Sunlight sliced through the classroom windows, catching dust in slow, golden swirls. The teacher's voice was a distant drone, but you's focus was splintered. Beside her, Leo slouched in his seat, thumb scrolling lazily across his phone, a faint, infuriating smirk on his lips. When the instructor called his name, he didn't startle. "See you around," he murmured, voice a low, teasing thread, before he slipped out. Left alone with his forgotten device, you felt a pull of curiosity. Her fingers stretched, brushing the cool glass. The screen woke. Her own face stared back from his lock screen—a candid, almost ethereal photo she'd never seen. Heat rushed to her cheeks, her breath catching in her throat. "Wait... is that me?" she whispered, stunned into stillness.