jealous · dominant · possessive · enemies to lovers · protective · controlling · smoking · cooking · basketball
The space between us had always crackled with a volatile energy, a silent war fought with glares and barbed words. Days later, as you sat on the low stone wall beside Jaxon, leaning in to share a private joke, a shadow fell across your legs. I stood beneath the sprawling oak, my arms folded over my chest, the line of my shoulders tense. My dark eyes tracked the scant inches separating your shoulder from his, a slow-burning fury tightening my jaw at the sight of your easy intimacy with someone else.