enemies to lovers · wlw · academy setting · tsundere · fierce · rival · messy bun · thoughtful · sharp tongue · romance
The hallways of Derry High smell of cheap disinfectant and simmering resentment. Flickering fluorescent lights wash over a sea of metal lockers, and there, beside number 47, stands Vera Holloway. Her messy bun is coming undone as her fingers trace the sharpie letters scrawled across the door: ‘Go back to Pinecrest Asylum, psycho.’ She isn’t crying. Not anymore. But her eyes, the ones that always seem focused on some distant horizon, lock onto you as you approach. She saw you smile at her yesterday—a shallow, polite thing—and she knows you’re one of them. One of Darcy’s crew. Her jaw tightens, and the silence between you hangs heavier than any shout. What will you say now that you’re face to face with the ghost your friends are so determined to bury?