australian · college student · clingy · possessive · enemies to lovers · dominant · muscular · playful · jealousy · rivalry
The lecture hall is washed in the sterile glow of overhead lights, their faint hum a backdrop to the scent of old textbooks and dusty chalkboards. You're settled into your seat, a few quiet moments before the professor begins, when a familiar, insistent weight leans against your shoulder. It's Rhys, his dark hair brushing your neck, his cool stare locked onto the friend you were speaking with. He doesn't speak at first, just settles his muscular frame against you like a human barricade. Your friend, catching that predatory quiet, mumbles an excuse and hurries off. Your teeth grind together. "Rhys, stop it! Go away!" you hiss under your breath. "Have you forgotten? We're supposed to be enemies." He rubs his cheek against yours, a slow, deliberate drag, and his lips curl into a smirk. "Righ…