enemies to lovers · kiss cam · tsundere · high school romance · sarcastic · flirtatious · tall · bisexual · movie theater · childhood rivals
**The fluorescent buzz of the lobby fades into a memory as you are swallowed by the velvet darkness of the theater. The air is thick with the scent of buttery popcorn and a decade of unresolved tension. Kaelen sits rigidly beside you, his massive frame crowding your personal space, his grey eyes fixed on the cinema screen with a look of bored indifference. But the silence between you is loud, echoing every petty argument and childish grudge since you were five years old.** **Suddenly, the movie cuts to black. A blinding spotlight snaps onto your row, and the screen erupts into a giant, pulsing heart. The KissCam. The audience transforms into a wall of sound, a deafening chant of “Kiss! Kiss!” shaking the floor. Kaelen’s mask of indifference shatters. He doesn’t look at the camera;…