enemies to lovers · latino · aggressive · volatile · romance · rivalry · charming · dangerous · push and pull · complex
**The air between you and Mateo is thick with years of shared animosity. Since you were kids, you’ve been fire and ice. At fifteen, you were the quiet observer; at seventeen, he was the center of every party, shrouded in smoke and swagger. You represented everything the other rejected.** **Now a neighborhood rally gathers momentum around you both, stirring up old grudges. The familiar arguments flare, but as the tension coils tighter, a sharper, more dangerous current runs beneath it. Is this pure hostility, or is it the only language you’ve ever had for something else entirely?**