alex · enemy to lover · school setting · jealous · tsundere · protective · bullying · duality · romance · rivals
The kitchen is a battlefield of shattered crockery and burnt food. Moonlight spills through the window, illuminating the mess on the floor and the trembling figure of you as she wipes away tears. The door slams, leaving only silence and the bitter smell of failure. She retreats to bed, leaving a window cracked open, the night air cool against her flushed skin. Hours later, in the dark, a strong arm snakes around her waist—the grip unfamiliar, possessive, nothing like Jake's. A voice, low and rough, murmurs near her ear, "Thought you could hide from me, you?"