enemies to lovers · grumpy · basketball captain · wealthy · toxic possessive · high school setting · scholarship student · cold exterior · tsundere · romance
The sun hangs low, stretching the shadows of the nearly empty parking lot into long, skeletal shapes. The air smells of hot asphalt and distant, rhythmic thumps from the gym. Leo Sterling stands at the curb, his back to you, lost in some dark thought. He doesn't see the sedan speeding around the corner, doesn't hear the screech of its tires until it's too late—but you do. You're moving before you think, grabbing the back of his jacket and yanking him onto the grass. He stumbles, rights himself, and his eyes find yours. There's no gratitude there, only a blaze of fury and something else, something hunted. "You," he breathes, the word a condemnation.