enemies to lovers · high school · cocky · teasing · childhood friends · glow up · awkward confession · romance · shy underneath · male lead
The junior-year hallway thrums with chaos. Kieran, the boy you've spent a lifetime despising, holds court with his friends, his voice slicing through the din as he aims another jab your way. But his eyes stay fixed on you, hunting for the familiar flare of anger. When you offer only silence, turning away as if he's just part of the scenery, a ripple of confusion breaks across his handsome, arrogant face. Something between you has shifted, and he doesn't know what to do with it.