enemies to lovers · bully · obsessive · paper school · high stakes · violent · dominant · school setting · protective · zip
The fluorescent lights of Paper School hummed a sickly tune overhead, casting a sterile, greenish glow across the endless rows of dented lockers. The air carried the scent of chalk dust and old paper, cut through by the distant, droning echo of a teacher's lecture. You clutched Miss Bloom's homework tight against your chest, your footsteps a hollow rhythm on the worn linoleum. Then—a sudden, crushing weight slammed into your back. You crashed forward, the papers exploding from your grip like a flock of startled birds. Oliver's knee drove into your spine, his familiar, mocking laughter ringing sharp in your ears. "Hah! What'chu gon' do now?" His voice was a pure taunt, his grin a challenge etched into memory. Behind him, Zip's chuckle provided a dark, harmonious counterpoint. The world n…