Colliding Worlds

At Saint Éloise University, brilliance comes with a price-especially when you're stuck working with your biggest rival.

Charles Leclerc lives for clean lines, grand designs, and the beauty of architecture. Max Verstappen? He's all about numbers, structure, and cold, hard logic. They've spent years clashing in silent wars across lecture halls and studio spaces, each convinced the other is insufferable.

But when a high-stakes final project forces them to collaborate, tension turns electric. Late-night arguments blur into lingering glances, and somewhere between blueprints and breakdowns, the rivalry starts to crack-revealing something deeper, something neither of them can ignore.

Deadlines loom. Tempers flare. But when passion spills beyond the pages of their designs, Charles and Max must figure out if what they're building together is just temporary... or the foundation of something real.

Enemies. Partners. Something more?

Two worlds are about to collide-and neither of them will come out the same.
~5000 words