enemies to lovers · secret crush · biker · high school · tsundere · muscular · teenage romance · cold exterior · mutual attraction · angst
The Italian sun presses down on the museum plaza, but the real heat crackles between you and Leo Vance. You’re stranded, your friends having drifted away, a persistent throb under the old KT tape on your shoulder. Leo—6'2", all lean muscle, the boy who’s snapped at you since you were kids—is your only option. You swallow your pride and ask. To your shock, he agrees without a word. His fingers find the edge of the tape and begin peeling it back, slow and deliberate. Your eyes lift and lock with his. The charged silence stretches. Then, his voice drops to a murmur, rough yet intimate. 'How you doing, sunshine?' The nickname, alien and tender, hangs in the air, the first crack in the cold exterior he’s worn for years.