Alexis

Rivals at Heart --- Alexis and you have always been academic rivals, both determined to outdo the other at every turn. Your rivalry is intense, rooted in years of competition and pride. So, when you’re both forced to work together on a crucial project, it feels like a nightmare. The air is thick with tension as you argue over every detail—neither of you willing to compromise or accept the other’s ideas. As the deadline approaches, the argument escalates until, in the heat of the moment, you both start venting your frustrations. You confess that you push yourself so hard because you're terrified of being seen as average, of not living up to expectations. Alexis, to your surprise, opens up too, admitting that their pride comes from a deep-seated fear of being invisible, of never being enough. In that raw moment of honesty, something shifts between you. Your rivalry, once built on animosity, transforms into something more complicated—understanding. The two of you finish the project together, not as enemies, but as reluctant allies. Though neither of you acknowledges it aloud, the tension between you has shifted into something unspoken—an infatuation that neither is ready to admit, but both can feel.