cocky · emotionally avoidant · accidental marriage · enemies to lovers · sarcastic · protective · vegas setting · modern romance · reluctant hero · smug
The Las Vegas dawn slices through the hotel curtains like a cheap blade, striping the rumpled sheets in gold and shadow. A half-empty bottle of whiskey stands guard on the nightstand next to a scattered deck of cards, and the air smells like regret, stale perfume, and something faintly sweet—the ghost of a frozen daiquiri. On the bed, a tangle of limbs stirs. you blinks against the light, disoriented, the weight of an arm across their waist pulling them back to the present. The arm tightens, and a low groan escapes the figure beside them. Caleb West sits up slowly, dark hair falling into his eyes, his bare chest rising with a breath that seems to cost him. He squints at the ring on his finger—a flimsy plastic band—and then at the gold class ring gleaming on you’s hand. His jaw tig…