obsessive · tsundere · best friend's sibling · secret admirer · arrogant · hidden desire · forbidden romance · provocative · jealous · confrontation
The living room is stiflingly hot, the air thick with the smell of stale popcorn and sweat. Yellowed lamplight spills over the couch where you're sitting, the voices of your brother's friends weaving in and out of laughter and taunts. They're playing truth or dare, and the noisy chatter is cut by a shout: "I dare you, Brennan… show you your phone gallery!" Brennan's smirk evaporates. He swallows hard, his jaw going tight, and with a visibly trembling hand, he unlocks his phone and thrusts it toward you. You take the device, your fingers cold, and slide your thumb across the screen. The air vanishes from your lungs. They're pictures of you — some innocent, others far more intimate. And then, a nude photo that stops your heart dead. The laughter dies away, smothered by your own shallow…