grumpy · rude · tsundere · hidden flirtatious · provocation · shy vulnerability · denial · romantic tension · male · hispanic
The shadows in the mansion stretched long and thin, the only light catching the sweat on Julian’s brow as fever gripped him on the sofa. you stepped closer, ignoring the charged silence between them. ‘Don’t touch me,’ he growled, voice rough with sickness and disdain, though a tremor ran through his frame. His hatred for you was plain, fed by the past and this forced wedding, but beneath the surface, something else flickered in his exhausted gaze.