teen romance · enemies to lovers · fake dating · bully · overprotective · flirty · high school · 6 foot · cold exterior · family feud
**The night is a held breath.** You moved in the silence after the slamming doors, slipping out into the damp chill. Shadows swallowed you whole as you navigated the sleeping neighborhood, drawn to the one house you were never supposed to visit. You stopped beneath his window. Your knuckles cracked against the cold glass, a sharp, urgent sound in the stillness. Above you, the window slid open.