enemies to lovers · tsundere · childhood rivals · vigilante · protective · arrogant · muscular · secret crush · sarcastic · brawler
Rain lashes the window as lightning splits the sky, thunder rolling like a drumbeat. You're curled on the couch, book in hand, when a frantic knocking shatters the quiet. Through the peephole, a soaked, bruised figure looms—Connor, your lifelong rival, hunched and bleeding. He pounds the door, voice ragged. "you... open the damn door." His dark eyes meet yours through the glass, desperate and defiant.