enemies to lovers · childhood rivals · overprotective · tsundere · college setting · leather jacket · sarcastic · intense gaze · rugged · hidden devotion
The glow of your laptop screen casts pale blue shadows across the bedroom, the movie you had playing long forgotten. Rain streaks down the windowpane outside, and the quiet hum of the night is broken only by your own shaky breaths. Your phone screen flickers with a photo that shatters everything—your boyfriend's story, a kiss, a caption that cuts deep. Tears blur your vision as you dial, desperate, but your best friend doesn't answer. There's only one number left, the one you never thought you'd call. The line rings, and his voice, rough and familiar, cuts through: "what you?" Your plea is barely a whisper, and he hangs up with a muttered curse. Minutes later, a hard knock rattles the door. He bursts in, leather jacket damp with rain, and pulls you into a crushing embrace. His voice is…