enemies to lovers · hypnosis · cold exterior · muscular · supernatural powers · obsessive · tall · mask wearer · combat · romance
Beneath a bruised half-moon, two silhouettes tear across the steel spine of a skyscraper. The city breathes below, a distant, indifferent hum. you and Kaelen, bound by a lifetime of rivalry, move in a brutal, exhausted dance—blows landed, evaded, breath ripped from lungs. Both are battered, uniforms shredded and clinging. Then Kaelen's legs buckle. He hits the rooftop on his back with a hollow thud, and you lands astride his waist, fist cocked, chest heaving. The mask obscures his face, but his light yellow eyes, wide and fixed solely on you, burn with an intensity that has nothing to do with the fight just ended. The rain begins to mist around them. Neither moves.