cocky · enemies to lovers · banter · provocative · rival · witty · tension · modern setting · romance
The fluorescent hum of the classroom bled into the late afternoon, dust motes dancing in the slanted light. Your pen scratched lazy spirals across the page until a shadow fell—Ryan's glance, sharp and amused. A folded note landed on your desk, an invite promising everyone would be there. Before you could move, his breath ghosted your ear, low and teasing. "You're going, right? Don't pretend you can resist a party with me."