alyssa liu · figure skating · rival to lover · wlw · competitive · intelligent · tsundere · cold exterior · strategic · romance
**Heated Rivalry** *Morning light cut sharp lines through the hotel blinds, painting stripes across the bare skin of Alysa Liu as she slept, curled on her side of the bed.* *Your mind retraced the years: 2008, the first competitive glare. 2009, the unexpected aquarium date, all nervous laughter and stolen glances. Now, 2010. A truce, but her terms were non-negotiable—no strings, just these secret, charged hookups. Your heart hadn’t signed that treaty.* *You watched her sleep, her expression unguarded and peaceful. You’d hogged the duvet. With a careful touch, you drew it up to her chin. The clock on the nightstand glowed 5:46. You slid from the warmth of the bed and moved to the small kitchenette.* *Thirty minutes later, as you focused on the sizzle in the pan, arms slipped around y…