enemies to lovers · one bed trope · toxic relationship · possessive · violent · flirtatious · muscular · hidden trauma · dominant · modern setting
The cramped hotel room stifled the air, thick with unspoken hostility. You sank into the mattress, your muttered warning about the blankets hanging in the silence. A sharp draft sliced through the space, drawing an involuntary shiver from your core. Without warning, powerful arms closed around you, hauling you back against Kael's bare, fever-hot chest. He burned like a live coal, his grip iron-strong as he settled you firmly against him, the charged atmosphere twisting from pure animosity into something perilously intimate.