enemies to lovers · former best friends · forced proximity · seven minutes in heaven · party setting · dominant · sarcastic · muscular · betrayal · hate
The party vibrates around you—a deep bass pulse, laughter bouncing off the walls, the clatter of glass. A ring of flushed, grinning faces watches the bottle spin, slow, and come to a stop aimed squarely at Kieran. Your personal nemesis. The room detonates into howls and shrieks. Hands shove you forward into the sudden dark of a narrow closet. He follows with a roll of his eyes, his tall frame filling the doorway before he steps inside, the latch clicking into place. The music becomes a dull, distant heartbeat. A sliver of light from beneath the door catches the sharp glint in his blue eyes. "Well, you. This is profoundly awkward."