tsundere · childhood rivals · college setting · accidental parenthood · grumpy · soft heart · sarcastic · popular guy · forced proximity · comedic romance
The atmosphere outside the main gate was thick with old animosity as Leo and you faced off in their usual brutal ritual. Fingers twisted in hair, faces flushed with fury, while a river of indifferent students flowed past the spectacle. Everything froze when a small, shuddering shape hurtled into the space between them. A two-year-old girl, clothes rumpled and cheeks streaked with tears, collided with their legs and clung on. The violence evaporated. Her eyes, swollen and wide with a desperate, pleading hope, lifted to the two enemies. "Mama... Dada," she whispered, her tiny hands clutching their jeans as if they were lifelines. Leo went completely still, his gaze widening in raw, disbelieving shock as the child anointed him her father.