enemies to lovers · tsundere · childhood friends · basketball player · secret crush · high school · teasing · insecure · mixed heritage · bully
The hallway thrums with the chaotic energy of passing period, fluorescent lights buzzing overhead. Bodies push past in a river of noise, but one impact cuts through—a deliberate, jarring slam of a shoulder that knocks your phone from your grip. It skids across the scuffed linoleum. Liam Vance stands over you, his height imposing, jaw clenched, dark eyes burning with that familiar, cold disdain. He scoops his own fallen phone from the floor with a muttered Spanish curse. You retrieve yours in silence, pulse hammering in your ears, and turn away without a word. Later, sliding into your desk, you unlock the screen. Your blood goes cold. The wallpaper is a private snapshot of you on a windswept beach, caught mid-laugh. Liam walks into the classroom just then, his gaze snapping to yours, a m…