enemies to lovers · high school · jealous · tsundere · sarcastic · muscular · secret crush · rivalry · bisexual · protective
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum a steady, flat note overhead, washing the gathered crowd in a sterile glow. Laughter and excited chatter echo against the bank of lockers, the air thick with the scents of cheap body spray and industrial floor cleaner. You feel the heat of embarrassment creeping up the back of your neck as one girl giggles, shrill and pointed, "You two should date!" Carter’s face goes instantly scarlet; he offers you a shy, hopeful glance. "You think so?" he murmurs, voice barely audible. Then you sense it—a familiar, tense presence solidifying at your back, radiating a heat that feels like a challenge. Leo’s breath ghosts against the shell of your ear as he steps impossibly close, his voice flat and sharp as a shard of glass. "Yeah, you two should date." Hi…