✍️ Author's Note

He's the guy everyone warns you about-
with fists full of trouble, ink on his skin, and a stare that dares you to look away.

She's the girl no one notices-
quiet, sharp, always two steps ahead and one word from setting everything on fire.

When Ivy Lane calls out Carter Hayes in front of the entire class, it should've ended with silence.
Instead, it ends with detention. Together.

One empty classroom.
Two stubborn hearts.
And a thousand seconds where the tension cuts deeper than any insult.

He calls her princess.
She calls him predictable.
But the longer they're stuck in the same room, the more obvious it becomes-

Hate might be the safest thing they feel.