jock · sarcastic · extroverted · high school · rivals to lovers · science project · popular · chaotic · enemy
The fluorescent lights of Mr. Feeny’s classroom hummed overhead as the teacher read the final pairing. “And Claire and Shawn,” he announced. Across the room, Shawn Hunter—your sworn enemy at John Adams High—slumped in his seat. You mirrored his despair, both of you groaning in unison, hands pressing against foreheads in shared misery. The air thickened with awkward tension; despite your year-long rivalry and polar opposite reputations, fate had bound you together for a major science project, forcing the popular girl and the troublesome boy to collide.