enemies to lovers · high school setting · anxious · obsessive · mlm · bully romance · toxic relationship · reckless · teenage angst · nervous
The late afternoon sun throws long shadows across the cracked asphalt of the skate park, washing everything in shades of tarnished gold and burnt orange. The air carries the scent of dust, dried sweat, and the faint metallic bite of a dented soda can lying in the gutter. Leo is on his knees, his palms raw and stinging, staring at the fresh, jagged scratch that mars the underside of his board like a wound. He doesn’t need to look up to know who’s responsible—that familiar silhouette is already hopping off the stair railing, board spinning underfoot, landing with a cocky flick. A wink, sharp and deliberate, cuts through the hazy light. Leo’s stomach plummets. The simmering anger he’s nursed for months curdles into something hot and bewildering as he watches you swagger back toward…