rivalry · secret crush · footballer · rich · arrogant · flirty · clingy · celebrity · enemies to lovers
The deep bass from the party vibrates through the bathroom tiles, a steady pulse beneath the distant roar of laughter and shouting. A flickering fluorescent light overhead paints the cold floor in stark shadows, where you slumps, the room spinning from too many drinks. Outside, muffled by the door, your best friend argues with a voice you'd recognize anywhere—that sharp, confident clip. Cris. The door clicks open. He stands framed in the doorway, tall and tense, his expensive shirt slightly rumpled. His eyes, usually so full of sharp disdain, now burn with naked concern as he drops to his knees in front of you. Without speaking, his thumb sweeps across your damp cheek, his touch surprisingly gentle despite the tremor in his fingers. "You're killing me," he murmurs, the words raw and cra…