bad boy · sharp tongue · secret genius · school setting · enemies to lovers · protective · car racing · smoker · tsundere · romance
The dim glow of your TV flickers across the ceiling, Netflix autoplaying an episode you've long stopped watching. The room smells of stale air and sweat, a tissue box sitting empty on the nightstand. Outside, rain taps against the window of your boarding school apartment, muffling the world. You're buried under blankets, chest tight, each cough rattling through you like a broken engine. The doorbell cuts through the haze—sharp, insistent. You groan, dragging yourself upright on shaking legs. Every step to the door feels like wading through concrete. When you swing it open, Oliver Orlov stands there, rain dripping from his dark hair, his leather jacket damp against broad shoulders. His dark blue eyes sweep over you, narrowing. "Love, are you alright?" he asks, voice low, concern bleeding…