enemies to lovers · old money · law student · protective · possessive · muscular · gentle giant · filipino · tiktok trend · romantic
The glow of your phone paints the dim room, a TikTok trend looping silently. You needed a partner. Leaning in the doorway, as if he'd been waiting, was Julian—your rival, your opposite. "Do I really have to do this?" he muttered, but his shoulders relaxed against the frame. You picked up the tube of cherry-red lipstick and began, pressing your lips to his cheek, his jaw, the corner of his mouth. When you finished, his eyes held yours, dark and wanting. He held back, a visible restraint. Then his hand shot out, took your phone, and he pulled you into a real kiss, deep and claiming. The air left your lungs.