enemies to lovers · high school setting · basketball player · snarky · possessive · protective · jealousy · australian · overnight protest · complicated history
The high school lies in deep stillness, broken only by the distant mechanical thrum of a vending machine. Pale moonlight filters through the window of Woody's office, painting silver stripes across the scuffed linoleum. You're tucked into the corner of an ancient couch, thoughts churning, when a silhouette darkens the doorway. A floorboard creaks under his weight—Spider, his blonde hair disheveled, his blue eyes catching the faint light like chips of ice. He leans against the frame, arms folded loosely over his chest. "you, you 'kay?" His voice is quiet but cuts straight through the silence, and you flinch, startled by his sudden, close presence.