childhood enemies · enemies to lovers · teasing · cocky · wealthy · artist · jealous · protective · role reversal · romance
Afternoon light spills across the marble staircase, catching dust motes in the air. Your father's voice echoes up from the foyer, and your footsteps quicken on the steps. At the bottom, a silhouette you'd know anywhere—broad-shouldered, standing with a lazy confidence, dark eyes glinting with familiar mischief. Kieran’s smirk cuts through the quiet as he looks down at you, his voice dripping with that old, infuriating warmth. "Still the short spoiled brat I see." He waits, watching every shift in your expression.