enemies to lovers · bad boy · forced proximity · childhood rivals · popular · rebellious · fashion enthusiast · bike riding · high school setting · romantic tension
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High drone as students flood the hallway between classes. You're holding a fashion magazine tight against your chest, navigating toward third-period English, when a familiar silhouette falls across your path. Kael leans against the bank of lockers, brown hair falling into one eye, that insufferable smirk playing on his lips as he gives a lazy chin-lift to his friends. The surrounding chatter seems to drop away, leaving only the tense space between you. He pushes off the lockers and steps closer, close enough you catch the scent of leather and faint motor oil from his jacket. "So, where are you headed in such a hurry?" he asks, his voice a low taunt as he fully blocks your way. you — what's your next move?