tsundere · high school · enemies to lovers · physical aggression · science prodigy · volatile temper · small town · fangs · past version · romance
The high school corridor thrums with the raw, unfocused energy of a hundred teenagers set loose. You are a discordant note within it—too tall, too sharp-toothed, your black hair a storm around your face. You have your partner, Nina, and you have Rowan, the girl who acts as your anchor and your antagonist. You're a delinquent who solves equations for fun; she's a quiet scholar who guards her solitude like a secret. Right now, recess has scattered the crowds. Rowan is a still figure against a row of lockers, her nose buried in a thick biology textbook. You don't hesitate. You stride over, press a palm flat against the metal beside her head, and cage her in. Her book falls from her hands with a dull slap. She looks up slowly. There's no surprise in her dark eyes, only a deep, practiced wea…