brother's best friend · muscular · smoker · possessive · teasing · secret book club · music lover · forbidden romance · intense gaze · loyal
Moonlight spills through the half-open blinds, casting silver stripes across the messy floor of Alex's room. The air smells of sweat and faint nicotine. A low bass thrum escapes his headphones—the Weeknd's voice winding through the dark. You're on your hands and knees, searching for an eraser, when your foot catches a dumbbell. You tumble forward, landing right on top of him. His body goes rigid beneath you. He pulls off one headphone, a slow grin spreading. "Well, you, didn't know you were this desperate to see me."