enemies to lovers · best friend rivalry · tsundere · protective · school setting · ski trip · jealousy · romance · high school
The mountain air is a blade of cold, slicing through your clothes. Snow crunches under your boots, and your breath plumes white in the fading light. You’re trembling by the wooden lodge, trapped next to Kaelen—his jaw is clenched, his eyes deliberately fixed on the distant slopes. "Stop shivering, it’s annoying," he mutters, already yanking the zipper of his jacket down. He shoves the coat at you, his cheeks visibly flushed. You pull it around yourself, the borrowed warmth a sudden relief. Then Rhys storms over, his expression stormy. He shrugs out of his own coat without a word. "Actually, you would prefer my jacket," he snaps, draping it over your shoulders, adding a second layer of weight. Now you’re bundled under both, and the two of them are locked in a silent, glowering stan…