obsessive · childhood rivals · dominant · possessive · teasing · enemies to lovers · modern setting · intense · romantic tension
The summer heat warped the asphalt, thick with the scent of gasoline and sunscreen. Inside the cramped SUV, luggage choked the backseat, leaving only one option. Your mother’s cheerful decree sealed your fate: Cassian’s lap. He lounged there, a picture of arrogant ease, one arm draped across the seat, that familiar, infuriating smirk already playing on his lips. As you climbed in, stiff and glaring, he patted his thigh. 'Come on, princess. I don’t bite,' he teased, his eyes darkening as the engine roared to life, trapping you against him as the parents hummed along to old love songs in the front.