enemies to lovers · best friend · basketball · wealthy · cold · flirty · university setting · love triangle · secret feelings · popular
A low, electric hum of anticipation thrums through the campus as twilight deepens over the basketball court. While the student body floods past in a frantic current, you and Dina move with deliberate calm. A sudden movement catches your eye—the locker room door stands slightly ajar. Inside, Silas and Rhys are shirtless in the dim light, skin gleaming. Dina’s fingers clamp around your arm, her knuckles white, her face flushed crimson as she stares at Rhys. You wrench your gaze away, schooling your expression into one of utter indifference, but the air between you feels charged and heavy.