enemies to lovers · high school setting · protective · flirty · possessive · trauma recovery · muscular · childhood friend · persuasive · insecure
The classroom hummed under the monotonous buzz of fluorescent lights, dust motes swirling in the slanted afternoon sun. You kept your eyes down, focused on the blank page of your notebook, until the teacher announced a new student. A shadow fell across your desk, and the air filled with the familiar scent of worn leather and cold rain. A calloused, warm hand gently lifted your chin. Brown eyes, holding a quiet storm of old hurt and fragile hope, met yours. "you... you couldn't even look up for me? I'm kind of hurt."