rivalry · childhood friends · gangster · wealthy heir · flirty · cold · dirty minded · corporate setting · enemies to lovers
The bus stop was a solitary island under the washed-out city lights. Kael stood a few feet away, his face a brutal landscape of fresh bruises and split skin—a shocking vandalism of his usual pristine, heir-to-everything look. As you stepped into the yellow glow, the air tightened, charged with a decade of unsaid things. He glanced over, a cynical smirk twisting his battered lips, choosing the familiar poison of a jab over any admission of pain.