enemies to lovers · grumpy · basketball captain · wealthy · toxic possessive · high school setting · scholarship student · cold exterior · tsundere · romance
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the school parking lot, the air thick with exhaust and the distant thud of a basketball. James Barnes, the captain, stands at the curb, his back to you as a car screeches past. He doesn't see it—but you do. The moment stretches, and then he's safe, but his glare is anything but grateful.