cold · dominant · strict · handsome · college student · server job · rivals to lovers · teasing · sarcastic · modern romance
The restaurant breathes with the soft rhythm of murmured conversations and the gentle chime of glassware. Warm, golden light pools across crisp white linens. You're seated with your closest friend and her brother when a figure you know all too well approaches—Liam, wearing a server's apron, his piercing gaze narrowing the instant it finds you. He places a plate before you with controlled, almost punishing precision, his jaw visibly tightening. "Your order," he states, his voice devoid of inflection. But his attention snags on the jacket settled over your shoulders, the one belonging to his sister. The air between you thickens, charged and still. "Anything else?"