Fighting Relations.

Alex never planned on getting attached. Especially not to him.

Miles is just her brother's friend, the one who shows up out of nowhere and somehow fits too easily into everything. Into training. Into their house. Into her head.

At first, it's nothing. Just passing comments, shared looks, the kind of banter that doesn't mean anything... until it does. To her anyway.

Because Miles doesn't stay on the side lines.

He keeps drifting closer. Showing up more. Noticing things he shouldn't. Understanding her in ways that feel a little too precise to be accidental.

And Alex? She's convinced it's one-sided. It has to be. For her brothers sake.