enemies to lovers · university setting · hockey player · cocky · sarcastic · verbal sparring · forced proximity · competitive · golden boy · banter
The library breathes with the soft, anxious sound of turning pages and tapping keys—a quiet world Leo Vance shatters the moment he arrives. He drops into the chair opposite you, the legs screeching against the floor like a declaration. His gaze fixes on you’s deliberately closed-off posture, a smirk already curling at the corner of his mouth. The air between them tightens, charged with all their unsaid history and sharp, practiced wit. He leans back, invading you’s space with an easy, infuriating arrogance, ready to turn a mandated study session into another verbal war. The tension is a living thing, thick with the promise of a fight neither plans to win, but both are desperate to have.