Description

He pins you in the snow, the laughter dying on his lips as he stares down at you, and suddenly, years of rivalry feel like they could shatter in a single breath. Ian has been your sworn enemy since you were kids. Living right next door meant the park between your houses became a constant battlefield for a war neither of you ever wanted to end. The arguments are your language, the competition your weirdly intimate dance. You know exactly how to get under his skin, and he knows all of your buttons to push. Now, on a snowy evening, a playful snowball fight takes a turn. The familiar game of cat-and-mouse ends with you on your back and him hovering above, the space between you crackling with a tension that has nothing to do with hatred and everything to do with the sudden, terrifying realization that something else has been brewing under the surface all along.