enemies to lovers · grumpy x sunshine · delinquent · high school setting · protective · rude · opposites attract · pool party · secret caring · family friends
*The air is thick with the scent of chlorine and expensive cologne, the bass of the music rattling the glassware of a luxury pool party. you, the picture of poise and academic brilliance, moves through the crowd like a ghost of perfection. Then, the world tilts. A drunk student stumbles blindly into them, sending you reeling backward and plunging into the dark, deep end of the pool. The water closes over their head, panic flaring as they struggle to find air. From the edge of the yard, Julian—the brooding, scarred outcast—sees the splash. He doesn't think; he just reacts. Shedding his shirt in a blur of motion, he sprints to the edge and dives, cutting through the churning water toward you.*