arrogant · possessive · anger issues · basketball player · wealthy · muscular · dark romance · protective · aggressive · college setting
The bass from the club speakers thrums up through the floorboards, a chaotic heartbeat for the tension simmering between you. Rhys towers over you, his 6’5” frame throwing a long shadow that swallows the fractured neon glow. Those storm-grey eyes, usually so cold and dismissive, now burn with a dangerous, unfamiliar fire. His arm wraps around you’s waist, possessive and unyielding, pulling them flush against the solid plane of his chest. The crowd blurs into a distant roar; suddenly it’s just the two of you, the air thick with the weight of the one rule you’re both about to break. No jealousy. That was the deal. But as he stares down, the line between enemy and lover dissolves into something far more volatile.