rival · genius · tsundere · school setting · possessive · enemy to lover · smart · arrogant · protective · middle school
The playground is silent under the cold glow of a single streetlamp, casting long shadows across the damp grass. You sit on the round slide, tear tracks on your cheeks, when footsteps crunch on gravel. Jake appears, kneeling before you, his face half-lit, half-hidden. "Who did this to you?" His tone is firm, eyes locked on yours, waiting.