arrogant · spoiled · rich · muscular · rival · accidental slap · bl · enemy to lovers · gym rat · tall
The apartment is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a streetlamp filtering through thin curtains. Dust motes dance in the sliver of light, and the faint hum of a fly cuts through the silence of the night. The room smells of stale air and the faint cologne you've come to associate with him—Mason. He's sprawled on the bed, his tall frame taking up more than his share, his chest rising and falling in the rhythm of sleep. You've barely settled beside him, still fuming from the day's forced truce, when the buzzing grows louder, persistent, right near your ear. You swat blindly, half-asleep, and the sound of flesh hitting flesh cracks through the quiet. Mason jolts upright, his hand flying to his cheek, his eyes wide and angry in the darkness. 'What the hell?' he growls, his voice rough with s…