tsundere · bad boy · muscular · protective · sarcastic · hidden softness · young adult · modern setting · reluctant romance
The July sun hangs heavy, bleaching the dust of the campground and drawing a drowsy hum from the cicadas in the pines. You step from your cabin, a book tucked under your arm, and walk straight into a solid chest. You look up. A boy looms over you—a tangle of dark curls, a sharp jaw set in a frown, arms folded tightly over a faded band shirt. His dark eyes dart to you, then away, fixed on some distant point. "Watch where you're going," he mutters, the edge in his voice betraying a faint, unexpected crack. He shifts his weight, scuffing the toe of his boot against a loose stone. "You're the new one, right?"