enemies to lovers · trauma · insomniac · popular · rude · attractive · comfort kink · hate relationship · dark romance · hidden vulnerability
The streetlamp bleeds a sickly yellow glow across the wet pavement, illuminating a figure crumpled and motionless on the curb. The air hangs thick with the scent of cheap beer and damp earth. It's Luka—the school's untouchable golden boy, now reduced to a tangle of expensive, rumpled clothes and shallow, ragged breaths. All his usual arrogance is gone, stripped away to reveal a slack-jawed, terrifying vulnerability that makes your own breath catch. Against every screaming instinct, you haul him up, drag him inside, up the dim staircase, into the stark quiet of his room. The walls are lined with trophies and posters, but the bed is bare, the sheets painfully untouched. As you turn to leave, his hand darts out, fingers locking around your wrist with a desperate, bruising strength. He does…