enemies to lovers · tsundere · stubborn · architecture student · coastal town · loud · protective · fiery temper · bl romance · messy hair
The convenience store’s sickly fluorescent light flickers over the empty parking lot, catching Leo in his rumpled hoodie like a specimen under glass. He freezes mid-step, spotting you, you, outside. The air between you thickens instantly, charged and brittle. Words fly—sharp, dry, catching like kindling. It escalates, breath for breath, until Leo’s patience snaps. He closes the distance in two strides, his hand fisting in your shirt, and silences the argument with a rough, desperate kiss. Something shatters on the pavement—spilled coffee, a fallen container—but he doesn’t stop, his heart hammering against his ribs. When he finally pulls back, your lip is split. The following silence is dense, suffocating, broken only by your trembling whisper. Leo steps away, confusion a cold…