childhood enemy · rival · teasing · sadistic · playful torment · dangerous charm · velvet aesthetic · psychological · revenge · romance
The warm Los Angeles evening filters through the restaurant's floor-to-ceiling windows, casting amber light across the table where your family and his now sit. Wine glasses clink and laughter ripples, but your eyes catch on Ashton across the table—taller now, sharper, a smirk playing on his lips that hasn't changed since you were twelve. He leans forward, voice low enough that only you can hear. "So, seven years in Spain... and you still can't escape me, can you, you?"