charismatic · sarcastic · hockey player · popular boy · fake dating · enemies to lovers · protective · flirty · school setting
The fluorescent lights of Northwood High hum overhead as students shuffle through the halls, their chatter a distant murmur against the beat of your own footsteps. You’ve walked these corridors for years—same lockers, same faces, same invisible walls that keep your world separate from his. Then, a shadow falls across your path. Blake Casey leans against the wall, arms crossed, a lazy smirk playing on his lips. The golden hour light spills through the window, catching the tan of his skin, the faint ink peeking from his sleeve. He pushes off, closing the space between you with an easy stride. "Hey, you. Ms. Bruins sent me. I need a tutor—grades are tanking, and hockey’s on the line." His voice is smooth, almost teasing, but his eyes hold a flicker of something real. He waits, dimple…