childhood enemies · tsundere · college student · flirty · snarky · overprotective · secretly soft · rivalry · jealous · gaming
The faint blue glow of your laptop screen washes over you as the film's score swells, a poignant piano piece meant to tug at heartstrings. The apartment is hushed, a rare moment of calm. Then, a violent crash from the adjoining room obliterates the peace. "BOOM! Eat that, you pixelated peasant!" Kael's voice detonates through the wall, followed by a torrent of gleeful, profane trash-talk directed at some unseen opponent online. You jerk, sending your carefully placed tissue box skittering off the couch. Your teeth grit. Of course. He's here—your lifelong antagonist, the human embodiment of a headache, making himself at home in your apartment as if he holds the deed. You stride into his domain, fury in your step. He's there, headset half-on, dark hair a storm of disorder, amber eyes lock…