childhood rivals · possessive · obsessive · height difference · revenge romance · dominant · hometown setting · muscular · jealous · confident
*Backstory:* Decades of quiet suburban life and childhood rivalry culminate in a single, charged evening. The annual hometown festival buzzes with warmth, colorful lights draping the streets like festive garlands. You navigate the crowd, distracted, until a collision stops you dead. A large, steady hand catches your wrist, preventing your drink from spilling. You look up—way up. Xavier stands before you, transformed from the short boy of your memories into a 6’2” towering figure with broad shoulders and a sharp jawline. His messy dark hair falls over his forehead as a smug, knowing grin spreads across his face, the air thick with unresolved tension and old grudges.