Yours truly (A mxm Enemies to Lovers)
12 parts Ongoing Mature"You hate me?"
"More than anything."
"Then why are you still staring at my lips?"
Nicolai Scott-Morikawa's dream since university started has been Jace Garroway- his first love, his best friend, the one person who made him realize he didn't only like girls. But Nicolai never dared to confess. Years later, Jace is happily in love with his perfect boyfriend, leaving Nicolai to wonder what might have been.
Heartbroken and desperate for distance, Nicolai jumps at a short-term project in New York - a new start. What he doesn't see coming? Sharing an apartment with Paxton Garroway. Paxton is everything Nicolai hates: arrogant, selfish, sharp-tongued, and a walking reminder of the past.
Paxton Garroway isn't the same boy he once was. Almost a decade after his family fell apart, the grief lingers, deepened by the divorce that shattered his home. His mother's bipolar disorder during those years left teenaged Paxton as her caretaker, a role that scarred him in ways he still doesn't fully understand. Living with Nicolai throws his carefully guarded world off balance. Paxton thrives on their clashes, but Nicolai's lips parting when they're toe-to-toe arguing? It's enough to make Paxton forget what he hated him for.
In New York, Nicolai's torn between inheriting the family business - a legacy his parents cling to or chasing his dream of becoming a sous chef, a path they don't understand. Every jab from Paxton; a perfect distraction, every lingering glance, pulls him deeper into a game he knows he'll lose.
He swore he'd never fall for a Garroway again, but the way Paxton whispers his name in the dark feels like both a promise and a threat.