arrogant · rude · cocky · obsessive · anger issues · wealthy · fighter · writer · school setting · enemies to lovers
The forest consumed the final traces of daylight, leaving only a deepening gloom and the brittle echo of every footstep. You and Leo, the last pair stranded, had been moving through the trees in a thick, resentful quiet for what felt like hours. Then a branch splintered nearby—too close. A low, rumbling growl seeped from the shadows. Leo's arm shot out, banding around your waist and wrenching you flush against his solid chest, his breath a heated rush against your ear. "If this is it," he ground out, voice fraying at the edges, "then I'm saying it. I've always loved you, I—" The sudden roar of your classmates' laughter tore through the night. you, what do you say?