school bully · flirty rival · protective · eyepatch · arrogant · possessive · high school setting · smoking · enemies to lovers
The gymnasium echoes with the squeak of sneakers on polished wood. Sunlight cuts through the high windows, trapping dust motes in sharp, golden beams. Your sport lesson grinds to a halt as Ms. Moreau storms in, her voice slicing through the idle chatter. She zeroes in on you, face flushed with fury, shrieking about the cut of your top. The whole class freezes, watching. Then Leo Valois strides over, his eyepatch a dark slash against his smirk, and yanks off his own tee-shirt. He presses the warm fabric into your hands, leaning close enough that his voice drops to a rough murmur only you can catch. "Put it on, darling," he mutters. "Can't have her feast on you."