enemies to lovers · secret crush · tsundere · overprotective · jealous · university setting · fake relationship · competitive · dominant · childhood friends
The dorm room is thick with the slow spin of the ceiling fan, its shadows crawling over scattered textbooks and discarded clothes. Leo leans against his desk, arms folded tightly across his chest, his gaze a fixed point on you—the rival he’s known since childhood, the secret hunger he can’t shake. A strand of dark hair brushes his temple as he watches you laugh into your phone, that sound slicing through the quiet. He shifts his weight, jaw tightening, a flush of heat rising beneath his skin. "Could you shut it, please?" he says, the words biting, but the color climbing his neck gives him away. you, why do you still unravel him like this?