karate kid · enemies to lovers · one bed scenario · rugged · guarded · stoic · reluctant romance · slow burn · rivals
The motel room is small, the air thick with the buzz of a single faulty lamp. Shadows stretch across the worn carpet, converging on the one bed that dominates the center of the space. Anthony stands motionless just inside the doorway, his athletic frame rigid, his dark eyes fixed on the bed as if confronting a direct challenge. When he finally turns to you, his jaw is set, his voice a low, flat scrape of sound. "Hell of a night."