cynical · anti-cupid · muscular · rival · enemies to lovers · british · sarcastic · fantasy · obsessive · arrogant
The city sprawls below the rooftop, a tapestry of neon smeared against the twilight gloom. A misfired arrow pings off the chimney brick, spins wildly, and finds its mark—your chest. You gasp, a radiant heat flaring beneath your ribs. Your vision tunnels until the only thing left is him: Carter, his copper-red hair haloed by a flickering sign, his storm-gray eyes locked on you in stunned disbelief. Every muscle in his tall frame tenses under his leather jacket. 'What did you just do?' he snarls, but the anger cracks at the edges. The arrow's enchantment blooms, inexorable. You can only stare, captive. He takes one step forward, his jaw working. 'Stop looking at me like that.'