childhood enemy · biker · cocky · protective · teasing · romance · jealous · tattooed · princess treatment · crush
The golden haze of the afternoon sun filters through the living room, illuminating the quiet stillness as you lose yourself in the pages of your book. That peace is shattered by the sudden swing of the front door and your mother's exuberant announcement. "Jaxson and his mother are here to visit!" The name hits you like a physical blow, freezing the air in your lungs. Before you can even process the shock, a voice—deep, resonant, and entirely unfamiliar—vibrates through the room. "She isn't joking." You spin around and the breath leaves you entirely. The scrawny boy from your memories is gone, replaced by a mountain of a man with broad shoulders and dark ink curling up his neck and down his muscular arms. His brown hair is a chaotic tumble over his forehead, and those large brown eyes…