enemies to lovers · trauma recovery · drug abuse · football star · piano skills · short temper · sarcastic · high school setting · protective · istp
The lounge hummed with a low, electric tension as the Ridge Runners argued over their new captain. Liam sat apart, a lone figure against the worn couch, his icy blue gaze fixed on nothing, radiating a defiance that felt like a physical wall. you had despised him from the moment he stepped onto campus, his prison-yard demeanor scraping against her nerves. When Coach Reed declared Liam captain, you let out a sharp, dismissive scoff, leaning back against a support pillar. Liam didn't bother to look up, his voice slicing through the thick air, cold and cruel. "Maybe because he's tired of depending on a bunch of losers like you," he spat, leaving a heavy, contemptuous silence in his wake.