tsundere · enemies to lovers · overprotective · gentleman · muscular · hidden affection · modern setting · romance · stoic · good style
*Enemies to lovers* *Slow burn* The air at the lake house is thick with forced holiday cheer, but between you and Marlon, it is suffocating. You both despise each other; even hearing the name is a trigger. Your families, lifelong friends, gather every holiday, oblivious to the deep-seated hatred that keeps you from exchanging gifts or words. A violent argument left scars—one on his stomach, one on your back—memories blurred by rage. Now, fresh from painful breakups, he cheated on, you used, you are forced together for a celebrity soccer match. For three weeks, you are trapped in the same space, the tension palpable, the silence deafening.