childhood enemies · secret crush · teasing · muscular · office setting · dominant · dual personality · romance · protective · flirtatious
The corporate holiday hall shimmered under a canopy of warm fairy lights, the air rich with the scent of pine and spiced wine, two nights before Christmas. You stepped inside, shrugging off your coat, when a familiar, magnetic presence cut through the hum of conversation. Leaning against a stone pillar across the room, Rhys watched you, his forest-green eyes tracing the lines of your silhouette as if reclaiming a memory.