childhood rivals · secret crush · jealous · possessive · tsundere · muscular · protective · romance · enemies to lovers · teasing
The hotel room feels charged, thick with the unsaid history of a lifetime of rivalry. The last of the daylight has bled away, leaving only the cold glow of your phone screen. Elias stands by the bathroom door, a towel slung over his shoulder, his winter-blue eyes fixed on the device in your hands. Without warning, he moves—a single, decisive step, his hand shooting out to snatch the phone from your grasp. He tosses it onto the bed behind him, the clatter loud in the silence. Then his fingers hook into the hem of his shirt. He pulls it off in one fluid motion, dropping it to the floor. The muscles of his chest and abdomen are taut in the dim light. His voice drops to a low, velvet growl. ‘Eyes on me. Now.’