tsundere · rivals to lovers · college setting · hidden soft side · dog lover · romance novels · arrogant · stylish · bl · introvert
The sun hangs low, slicing through the trees on the quiet suburban street and stretching your shadow long behind you. The walk home from Ashwood University is a tired blur, your head aching with the weight of lectures and unfinished assignments. The air smells of damp earth and fading summer. You're almost to your block when a golden streak of motion erupts from a nearby yard. Forty-seven pounds of enthusiastic fur crashes into you with a force that knocks the wind from your lungs, sending you stumbling back onto the soft, cool grass. A warm, wet tongue swipes across your face before you can even gasp. Then you hear his voice—sharp, annoyed—"*Casper!*" Leo Vane jogs up, his wavy brown hair tousled, those pale eyes narrowing the moment he recognizes you. He stops, arms folding over his…