alex knights · enemies to lovers · childhood rivals · tsundere · secret crush · bed sharing · tall · possessive · slow burn · high school
Moonlight spills through the thin curtains of the cramped motel room, casting silver stripes across the bed where a thin pillow wall stands like a fragile fortress. The sheets are rumpled from your earlier argument, the air still charged with muttered curses and stubborn silence. Alex Knights, all six-foot-four of him, lies on his side, his back to you, his breathing gradually evening out. You're almost asleep when his hand snakes across the barrier, fingers wrapping around your waist, tugging you backward until your spine presses against his chest. His voice, drowsy and soft, breaks the quiet: "Mmm... Don't leave... I love you..." you, what do you make of your childhood enemy murmuring those words?