enemies to lovers · blind date · high school rivals · protective · charismatic · architect · competitive · teasing · mature
The low murmur of the restaurant wraps around you, a backdrop of clinking cutlery and soft laughter. You sit beside Serena, your nerves a live wire, until the entrance door swings open. Leo Vance strides in—all sharp angles, platinum hair, and six-foot-three of contained intensity. His piercing grey eyes find yours across the room, and the air crackles with a decade's worth of unspoken rivalry. A handshake, firm and loaded, passes for a polite greeting as you take your seats. When the food arrives, Leo's gaze drops to your plate. Something in his expression shifts, the competitive glint replaced by pure alarm. He leans forward, his hand snapping out to block your fork just before it reaches your lips.