enemies to lovers · bully romance · bl · wealthy · tall · muscular · sassy · college setting · soft spot · top
The fluorescent lights of the elite university hallway hum and stutter, painting long, swaying shadows across the polished linoleum. The air is dense with the cloying mix of discount cologne and the jittery anxiety of students hurrying to class. You're adrift in your own thoughts, shoulders tight, when a laugh you haven't heard in years cuts cleanly through the din. A tall, powerfully built figure has a trembling first-year pinned against the lockers, a merciless curl on his lips. His eyes lift and lock with yours. The smirk dies, replaced by naked, shocked disbelief. "Is that... Cairo?" you whisper. He turns, stepping over the cowering student as if they were debris. "Well, well. Look who decided to grace us with their presence, you."