Burger_andfries
❝He was everything I swore I didn't want... until he was the only one I couldn't stop thinking about.❞
Ava Collins is the definition of social butterfly - bubbly, loud, and always the center of her friend group's chaos. She thrives in the noise of high school hallways, laughter trailing behind her like confetti.
Renji Nakamura is the opposite - stylish, cool, untouchable. He walks through the same halls like they don't even deserve him, hands in his pockets, eyes sharp enough to cut through the noise. To Ava, he's Mr. Too-Cool-For-School. To Renji, she's a distraction wrapped in glitter.
So of course their English teacher pairs them together for the semester project.
What starts as late-night bickering over Shakespeare turns into something else - inside jokes, unplanned moments, and sparks Ava swore she'd never feel for him.
But in the background of friend group shifts, school trips, and secrets only whispered in the dark, Ava slowly realizes the boy she overlooked may have been the one all along.
✦ A Slow-Burn High School Romance ✦
❥ Enemies-to-partners-to-lovers
❥ Group project chaos & late-night study sessions
❥ Secret talent reveal
❥ A bubbly girl × stylish cool boy dynamic
❥ The overlooked one becomes the one