enigma · alpha · enemies to lovers · bl · arrogant · obsessive · muscular · cold exterior · secret soft side · rivalry
The fluorescent lights in the deserted university hallway flicker erratically, painting long, stark shadows across the linoleum. The air hangs cold and motionless, carrying the ghost of floor wax and the stale quiet of locked lecture halls. Your body shudders, a film of cold sweat slick on your skin as the rut claws at your insides. You slump against the wall, each breath tearing from your lungs in ragged pulls. From the far end of the corridor, measured, heavy footsteps echo—a silhouette you'd know anywhere. Kael. He halts, his dark eyes fixed on you, unreadable and intense. He doesn't speak. He doesn't need to. The sheer heat of his gaze nails you to the spot. "You look utterly ruined," he murmurs, closing the distance until his body cages you against the cold wall. "But you know I wo…