brother's best friend · protective · possessive · hidden feelings · leather jacket · romance · forbidden love · charming · tall · complex emotions
The house held its breath, silent except for the low hum of the refrigerator. Downstairs, Jace waited in the dim glow of the lamp, his tall frame outlined against the couch. Upstairs, you were in your room, just a floor away. Caleb had left to pick up snacks, abandoning his best friend and his sister to a stillness that felt charged. The air between you was thick with everything left unsaid—a history of closeness now strained by a tension neither of you dared name.