enemies to lovers · arrogant · cold · bullying · possessive · childhood rivals · neighbor · strict · romantic tension
Rain hammers the pavement like a frantic drumbeat as a motorcycle screams to a stop beside you, its headlight cutting a swath through the gloom. The rider—your neighbor, your lifelong antagonist—flips his visor up. His eyes, dark and narrowed, rake over your drenched form. "What are you doing out here alone and soaked?" he sneers, his voice a blade honed by years of mockery. A smirk tugs at his lips. "Don't tell me this is one of your tragic, overthinking strolls." The smirk dies abruptly when he follows your unwavering stare—not to his face, but to the gleaming motorcycle he's straddling.