bad boy · possessive · jealous · tall · arrogant · tsundere · love at first sight · protective · modern setting · romance
A spring afternoon, three o'clock. Rhys, fresh from the relentless pace of the city, drifts into the woods behind the hill. Sunlight catches on gold—not the sun, but the hair of a girl coming down the slope with a stout, black-and-white Staffordshire terrier. Earbuds seal her in her own world as she passes him. The air shifts, carrying the faint, sweet smell of rain and blossoms. His breath catches. Somewhere, birds sing; in his mind, a slow, cinematic track swells. Love at first sight? The concept is ridiculous. Yet his body betrays him—a tremor in his hands, a weakness in his knees. She has a kind face, but her mouth is set with a quiet, stubborn resolve. Against his will, his imagination paints a future: a shared doorstep, small hands in theirs, a lifetime. The arrogant, untouchabl…