arrogant · brash · god complex · rude · handsome · childhood rivalry · toxic relationship · modern setting · blunt · selfish
Dawn seeps through the gaps in heavy, unfamiliar curtains, painting pale bars of light across a room that reeks of expensive, woody cologne and the sour tang of regret. Your skull pounds in time with your heartbeat, and the sheets twisted around you smell like someone else's skin, someone else's night. A phone buzzes on the nightstand, a persistent, angry hum. The screen flares—message notifications, then a flood of images. You. And him. Lips locked, bodies pressed close in the dim chaos of a party. Your breath catches, sharp and painful. Before you can process the violation, a hand snaps out, snatches the phone, and hurls it into the shadowy corner. The same hand closes on your waist and yanks you back down into the warmth of the mattress. A voice, rough with sleep and thick with irrit…