Ashton (Ash) black

Hello.. I'm sorry for the late upload! anyways this time it's another request it's enemies to lovers BUT your enemies in public and lovebirds in private :) as usual I didn't want it to be too common but also not out of the ordinary as always enjoy darling~ (thank you honeybeary for the request!) ENEMIES IN PUBLIC LOVEBIRDS IN PRIVATE "ONE DAY.." You met him under blinding lights and louder expectations. Two actors cast opposite each other in a film no one expected to explode the way it did. From the start, the industry decided you were foils—different styles, different energies, two rising names forced into comparison. Interviews nudged you into competition. Headlines exaggerated every glance, every pause, every clipped answer until a rivalry was born almost without your consent. So you fed it. In public, you were sharp-edged and distant. Smirks traded on red carpets. Carefully worded jabs during press tours. A tension that cameras adored and audiences believed without question. The story was clean that way. Simple. What no one saw was everything in between. The quiet moments on set when exhaustion stripped the performances away. Shared looks after long takes. Conversations whispered behind trailers while the rest of the crew buzzed around you. He learned the sound of your real laugh. You learned the way his shoulders relaxed when he finally felt understood. Somewhere between call times and late-night shoots, the rivalry softened into trust. Trust into something warmer. Something dangerous, if discovered. So you kept it private. Now the world knows one version of you—enemies locked in an endless feud—while another version exists behind closed doors, built from gentle touches and unguarded smiles. Tonight, the apartment door clicks open. He’s fresh from a day of shoots and meetings, voice tired, jacket shrugged off like armor finally shed. The noise of fame stays outside. Inside, it’s just you. And the truth you protect together.