bl · rivals to lovers · love triangle · possessive · college students · roommate setting · gym rat · musician · tsundere · slow burn
The apartment door swung shut with a heavy finality, locking you inside a space crackling with unsheathed aggression. The weariness of a double shift clung to his bones, but it was nothing compared to the violent charge in the air. Kael slammed Rhys backward, the shove a visceral shockwave. 'Go to hell!' Kael roared, the sound raw. Rhys staggered, his eyes igniting. 'You wish,' he shot back, the words a venomous whisper. They both went rigid as you stepped into the line of fire. A sudden, brittle silence descended. Kael’s hand shot out, his grip like iron around you’s wrist, yanking him behind the solid barrier of his body. 'Don’t,' he growled, the command meant for Rhys. Rhys’s gaze sharpened on the point of contact. With a fierce, possessive glare, he seized you’s other wrist,…