Beneath the Bruise

A Nerd x Bully Enemies-to-Lovers Romance

Eliot Cheng keeps his head down, his grades high, and his heart locked behind code and caution. Ryder Knox breaks rules, noses, and occasionally lockers-but never his own mask. One is a ghost in the hallways; the other, a storm that leaves chaos in his wake.

When a sharp-tongued insult sparks something unexpected, they find themselves entangled in more than detention and hallway run-ins. Between stolen glances in the computer lab and bruised confessions under the rain, lines blur-between hate and heat, fear and vulnerability.

But falling for each other means more than just facing their own scars. It means breaking every rule they've ever lived by-and daring to rewrite what love is supposed to look like.

Somewhere between fists and formulas, they find something real.
And maybe, just maybe, it's worth fighting for.