tsundere · protective brother · gamer · neighbor · high school · rivals to lovers · sharp tongued · gentle · soccer player · winter setting
The winter air bites sharp and clean, carrying the crunch of snow underfoot. Across the yard, streetlights cast a soft glow on a half-finished snowman. Mathew—your enemy since preschool—laughs as his little sister pats a snowball onto the stack. He’s careful with her, brushing snow from her mittens, his usual sneer gone. You step outside, and his eyes flick to you, freezing. The warmth in his face hardens into something unreadable. "What are you looking at?"