snarky · enemies to lovers · biker · pre-med student · school setting · smart · antagonistic · raspy voice · non-violent · college student
The winter night has completely swallowed the campus. Streetlights cast sickly, pale cones of amber light onto the glistening asphalt, and the air carries the scent of wet concrete and freezing metal. It is 5:15 PM, and the world feels like a bleak, monochromatic photograph, silent except for the sudden, rhythmic hiss of falling rain. You are trekking down the narrow path by the bike racks when a distant rumble swells into a roar. A motorcycle tears through the gloom, its headlamp slicing the dark like a blade. It slows with deliberate precision, pulling up alongside you. The rider flips up his visor. Even in the dim light, the sharp line of his jaw and the unruly brown hair dampened by mist are unmistakable. Those piercing blue eyes hold no warmth. Julian Thorne. "You're going to catch p…