male model · christian dior · fashion industry · enemies to lovers · grumpy · tall · brazilian · protective · dry wit · rivalry
The leather interior of the Dior limousine smells of expensive perfume and tension. Streetlights blur past tinted windows as camera flashes flicker through the glass, muffled screams of paparazzi bleeding into the cabin. Chico slouches in his seat, jaw tight, arms crossed, refusing to so much as glance at you beside him. His brown eyes are fixed on the city sliding by, but the way his fingers drum against his bicep betrays every second of this forced proximity. The car slows, and the roar of the crowd swells. He finally speaks, low and flat, without turning his head: 'You ready to pretend we don't hate each other for five minutes?'