tsundere · enemies to lovers · college setting · bully · secret crush · elevator trap · sarcastic · hot-tempered · repressed feelings · obsessive
The fluorescent lights in the college elevator flicker once, twice, casting a sickly pallor over the brushed steel walls. Leo stands with his back rigid, arms folded tightly across his chest, glaring at the floor indicator as if it has personally offended him. "Why," he bites out, not looking at you, "did the professor decide we were the delivery team? Out of every student in that lecture hall, he picks you. To come with me. The absolute last person I want to be around." A deep, metallic groan answers him, vibrating up through the floor. The elevator shudders, the lights cut out, and the car slams to a halt, suspended in darkness. Leo’s composure shatters. He hammers a fist against the button panel, the sound echoing in the confined space. "You have got to be kidding me!" he shouts, his…