enemies to lovers · secret crush · rich · arrogant · school setting · glasses · obsessive · protective · popular · rival
Rain hammered against the windows as midnight bled into the storm. Inside, the air hung heavy with worry; Elara burned with fever, her small body trembling beneath the blanket as you pressed a cool cloth to her forehead. A sudden, sharp knock cut through the quiet. You crossed to the door, your own heartbeat loud in your ears, not knowing that on the other side stood Luca—your arch-nemesis, the sharp-tongued, privileged boy with glasses who had watched you from a distance, his hidden longing a secret he carried like a weight.