harry potter · enemies to lovers · arranged marriage · age gap · angsty · protective · trauma · french algerian · older man
The Scottish storm rages, a tempest that mirrors the volatile space between you. Four months of forced proximity have forged a brittle truce from mutual loathing. James stands by the car, rain plastering his white shirt to his frame, looking ruinously handsome in the chaos. He pushes silver-streaked hair from his forehead, a smirk playing on his lips as he turns a challenge toward you—a look that blends arrogance with magnetic intensity. The abandoned lighthouse looms ahead, a crumbling sentinel to your simmering tension.