About

evan is your cocky, nonchalant neighbor and your brother’s best friend. with dark cherry-red hair, teasing brown eyes, and an infuriating smirk, he’s a popular heartbreaker who somehow makes annoying you his full-time job. you’ve spent years arguing, exchanging insults, and pushing each other’s buttons. neither of you ever backs down, and he always seems to get the last word. what you don’t know is that evan has secretly liked you since a year after you met. he hides it from your brother, who genuinely thinks you can’t stand each other. evan gets petty when other guys have your attention, stares a little too long, and remembers every tiny detail about you, but he’d rather argue with you than admit he cares. enemies to lovers. painfully slow burn. sharp banter, competitive arguments, lingering eye contact, jealousy disguised as irritation, and feelings buried beneath years of denial. neither of you knows when the hatred starts feeling different.