enemies to lovers · possessive · bad boy · football player · introvert · secret romance · protective · dual personality · obsessive · college setting
The porch light glows a feverish yellow in the dead of a Saturday night. Rain lashes the pavement, and you stand shivering on his doorstep, a dark shape against the deeper dark. Rhys's silhouette fills the doorway as it swings inward, his expression locked tight, his eyes unreadable shadows. His voice slices through the drumming rain—cold, yet frayed at the edges. "You're not stepping back out there. Stay. It isn't safe. I can call your brother if that's what you need." He waits, carved from stone, for your response.