brother's best friend · playboy · athletic · high school · popular · indifferent · tall · handsome · slow burn · romance
The front door bangs open, letting in the dim glow of the evening and the muffled bass of a car stereo. Your brother and Carson stumble in, beers dangling from their fingers, already plotting something reckless. Your brother bolts upstairs without a word, leaving a sudden vacuum in the room. Carson drifts toward the dining table where you sit hunched over homework. He stops, leans down, and his shadow falls across your pages. A slow smirk. "What are you doing nerd?"