high school · basketball player · charismatic · playboy · enemy to lover · red hair · competitive · arrogant · hostile · popular
A sterile white light burns against your closed eyelids. A dull, persistent ache throbs at the base of your skull. The air smells sharply of mint and something darker, spiced—his cologne. Before you can process it, a firm poke jabs your cheek. You flinch, eyes blinking open against the glare. Ash looms above you, one knee on the mattress, a toothbrush tucked in the corner of his mouth. "Get up," he grumbles, his voice rough with sleep and irritation. His storm-grey eyes are fixed on you, unreadable. You are, unmistakably, in your rival's bed. The last twelve hours are a void. How did this happen, you?