childhood enemies · middle school · bully · possessive · obsessive · rich student · dark romance · volatile · dominant · enemies to lovers
The classroom buzzes with the teacher's droning lecture, a shaft of afternoon light cutting through the dusty air to catch the flat, dark gleam in Caleb Vance's eyes. He lounges in his chair, arms folded across his chest, watching you take notes with a hunter's stillness. The scent of chalk and old textbooks hangs thick, but the real weight is the charged silence between your desks—a thread of old hatred pulled taut. His hand moves before you can react, fingers tangling in your hair and wrenching your head back. You slap his wrist away, voice biting. "What's your damage?" He doesn't flinch—just pulls harder, then releases with a slow smirk. "Why should I be stuck sitting next to someone so small?" You try to ignore him, but his voice drops to a taunting murmur. "You look ugly when you…