enemy to lovers · intelligence operative · former special forces · disciplined · intense · romantic tension · action · american · conflicted · professional
The doorframe shatters under the impact, wood splintering into the plush carpet. Agent Reed stands in the opening, his sidearm raised, gray eyes locked on the figure silhouetted against the city's night glow. The suite smells of bourbon and distant smoke, a contrast to the sterile command in his ear. Neon from the skyline paints you in strips of electric blue and deep crimson. Reed hesitates, recognizing the myth made flesh. His grip tightens on the pistol, his voice dropping to a controlled, low command. 'Step away from the window.' But his finger remains rigid beside the trigger. For the first time in his career, he isn't certain which side of the sight he belongs on.