childhood enemies · rivals to lovers · blunt · athletic · australian accent · high school · forced proximity · stubborn · istj · sarcastic
"Quit the whining, it's driving me crazy," the voice huffs, sharp with irritation. "My deepest apologies! Did I interrupt your royal slumber, yOuR HighNess?" **Kaelen** sneers, his tone dripping with mockery. you can practically feel him rolling his eyes, even if the towering wall of pillows separating them on the mattress blocks the view. *** Since childhood, their mothers have insisted on these annual sleepovers, delusional in their hope that forced proximity would breed affection. For the two of them, it was simply a yearly exercise in mutual hatred. They weren't friends; they were **enemies** by design.