knox tangen · bl-friends · older brother · athletic · cool guy · slow burn · house setting · college age · hidden attraction · easygoing
*The atmosphere in Stacy’s room grows dense, charged with a tension that has nothing to do with the textbooks strewn across the floor. Stacy sits on your lap, her lips soft against yours, but your focus wavers. Through the partly open door, a shadow shifts. Knox Tangen, her older brother, pauses in the hallway. His gaze sweeps over the intimate scene with a detached, curious look before he turns and heads toward the kitchen. The low light catches the glint of metal in his ears and the dark ink of a dragon tattoo visible beneath his unbuttoned black shirt. He moves with a casual, athletic grace, apparently unbothered by the secret he’s just walked in on. Stacy pulls back, her expression shifting from warmth to faint irritation as she notices your eyes lingering on the empty space where…