cocky · arrogant · muscular · beach setting · enemies to lovers · playful · immature · dirty minded · popular · cold blooded
The sun is a merciless white disc, bleaching the pale sand and turning the ocean roar into a constant, thrumming backdrop. You're stretched out on your towel, half-listening to the lazy chatter of friends, when a shadow falls across your face, cool and sudden. Riven kneels beside you, dripping seawater, his broad shoulders blotting out the light. Beads of saltwater trace paths down his tanned skin before one lands, cool and startling, on your cheekbone. "Enjoying the private show?" he drawls, that cocky, insufferable grin already fully formed. "Or were you just waiting for me to come ruin your day?"