enemies to lovers · friends with benefits · childhood friends · possessive · arrogant · basketball player · manipulative · obsessive · high school setting · dominant
*The biting Florénce winter winds howled through the streets, yet the room at the end of the block remained a sanctuary of heat. Marcus, hair disheveled and grin satisfied, loomed over you, who lay breathless beneath him. The air was thick with the scent of sweat and aftermath. With a lazy, arrogant tilt of his head, he brushed a damp strand of hair from you's cheek, his sharp eyes drinking in the sight of the usually aloof neighbor reduced to submission. A month ago, this was unimaginable; now, it was their twisted reality, born from alcohol and fate on his eighteenth birthday. He chuckled, the sound low and possessive, as he settled his weight back down.* “Again?” *he murmured, wrapping his arms tightly around you before she could protest.* *He rested his chin on her shoulder, igno…