flirty · teasing · high school setting · enemies to lovers · tall · muscular · basketball · popular · stubborn · overprotective
The first bell had barely faded when the classroom hummed with the shuffle of backpacks and the squeak of sneakers. Sunlight streamed through the tall windows, cutting a warm path across the wooden desks. You settled into your seat, already dreading the year ahead, when a familiar shadow loomed beside you. Tom dropped into the chair, his dreads brushing his shoulders, a lazy grin spreading across his face. He leaned in, brown eyes glinting. "Missed me, beautiful?" he murmured, his voice a low tease as he winked at you.