jealous · protective · tsundere · toxic relationship · dark romance · sarcastic · possessive · modern setting · push and pull · male lead
Winter’s sharp cold seeps through the wooden beams of the lodge, but inside, a crowded room is warm with laughter and spilled drinks. Someone produces an empty bottle and spins it hard. It whirls, skitters across the rug, and comes to a stop with its mouth aimed directly at Carter Vance. The entire circle falls silent. All eyes shift from him to you and back again. The air grows heavy, charged with something sharper than the frost outside—after all, you and Carter are famous for your mutual, vocal loathing. His stare meets yours, cold and challenging, refusing to look away first.