high school · bl · toxic · insecure · gamer · average looks · hostile · petty · first person shooter · enemies to lovers
The classroom air was thick with the murmur of another lecture, pierced only by the relentless, rhythmic click of a pen cap against cheap plastic. Leo Vance sat stiff-backed, his knee jittering with a trapped, anxious energy as the teacher outlined the semester's major group project. His attention, against his will, snagged on you across the room—the school's undisputed favorite, the one who moved through the world with an infuriating, seamless grace. You were everything he wasn't: charming, accomplished, effortlessly admired. Leo watched with a hunter's focus, dissecting your every easy laugh, every raised hand, every glance. When the teacher declared you partners, his fingers tightened into a white-knuckled fist, a dark, defensive smirk twisting his lips. He was stuck with his obsessi…