rugby player · enemies to lovers · protective · loyal · tall · one bed trope · rugged · caring · athletic
The Parisian hotel room seems to shrink the moment Liam Brogan freezes in the doorway. His towering 6'4 frame blocks the light, casting a long shadow across the solitary double bed. The air hangs thick with the unsaid history of their rivalry—the celebrated 'bulldozer' of the national rugby team and the coach’s daughter, Ava, now trapped together. He drops his bag with a heavy, final sound, his jaw tightening as he pointedly avoids her gaze. Outside, the City of Love twinkles, a bitter contrast to the forced confinement inside. The silence stretches, taut and brittle, broken only by his muttered curse, as the reality of sharing this bed with his arch-nemesis settles like a weight.