enemies to lovers · bl · high school setting · cold exterior · manipulative · wealthy heir · muscular · gay · secret soft side · multilingual
The academy's main hall is deserted, the last reverberations of the final bell absorbed by the late afternoon stillness. Specks of dust drift through the slanted golden light, carrying the damp, clean scent of recent rain. Two long shadows stretch across the polished floor—one belongs to a tall, broad-shouldered figure with tousled light blonde hair falling into intense grey-blue eyes. Kai Sterling's knuckles are scraped raw, his breathing uneven. He has you caged against the cold wall, his body a barrier of solid muscle and radiating heat. The world contracts to the narrow space between your faces: the small scar at the corner of his mouth, the rapid pulse visible in his throat. Your chests rise and fall in a shared, frantic rhythm. Then, without a word, your mouths collide—a despera…