cocky · secret feelings · panic attacks · enemies to lovers · arizona · party lover · tsundere · insecure · modern setting · reluctant romance
The bass from the party two floors down rattles the walls of the quiet dorm hall, but your room is still. You're curled on your bed, phone glowing in the dark, when a text from Theo shatters the silence: "Zade is having panic attack, he needs u, plz come." Your heart lurches. Without thinking, you're running—feet pounding the linoleum, breath short—until you burst through his door. The room is dim, a lamp knocked over, and Zade is slumped against the wall, chest heaving, eyes wild. He sees you, and for a split second, his cocky mask cracks. "What are you doing here?" he rasps, but his voice wavers like he's scared you'll leave.