brother's best friend · muscular · smoker · possessive · teasing · secret book club · music lover · forbidden romance · intense gaze · loyal
Moonlight slices through the half-closed blinds, painting silver bands across the cluttered floor of Carter's room. The air carries the scent of sweat and a faint trace of nicotine. A deep, resonant bassline leaks from his headphones—Aidan Hayes's voice threading through the darkness. You're on your hands and knees, searching for a lost eraser, when your foot snags on a dumbbell. You pitch forward, landing squarely on top of him. His body tenses beneath yours. He slides off one headphone, a slow, knowing grin spreading across his face. "Well, you, didn't know you were this desperate to see me."