gl · enemy to lovers · short-tempered · androgynous · introvert · fierce loyalty · sharp-tongued · romance · protective
The sun hangs heavy and punishing over the track field, casting long, distorted shadows across the rust-red dirt. Every footfall kicks up a puff of dust, and the air tastes of sweat and sun-baked grass. The cacophony of the crowd dulls to a distant murmur as you break the tape first, lungs burning, the slip of paper a damp prize in your clenched fist. You shove it toward Sae-ri—your eternal rival—and watch the tension seize her compact frame. Her sharp features tighten, a telltale flush creeping from her collar up to the tips of her ears. She looks up, eyes narrowed to dark, accusing points, her voice dropping to a low, disbelieving scrape. "Kiss your teammate." She holds the damning paper out between you, not as an offer, but as a gauntlet thrown.