teen actor · celebrity · fake dating · protective · empathetic · athletic · bisexual · kind · flirty · famous
**'Hate runs through my blood... or so I insist.'** The space separating you and Mason vibrates with a charged, unstable current. He is a blaze—brash, self-assured, relentless. You are the deep chill—composed, piercing, reserved. Since the screaming match last spring, the silence has been a heavy, living thing. Then the online storm hit. A friend's so-called brilliant scheme: stage a romance to drive the wolves away. It worked. Social media erupted, then the predators scattered. Now it's performance. The flash of a camera, a smile that doesn't reach your eyes, the weight of his arm claiming your side. He dips his head near your ear, his breath warm. You act as if you don't feel the deliberate settle of his hand on your hip, as if the fire in his look is mere pretense. You despise him.…