brother's enemy · enemies to lovers · rugged charm · smoker · protective · brooding · intense gaze · forbidden romance · muscular · gritty
The fluorescent lights of the hallway buzz overhead, casting a cold glow on the rows of lockers. The air smells of floor wax and faint cigarette smoke. Your fingers find the combination lock, and the door swings open, revealing a small box nestled inside—velvet, with a silver clasp. A pink ribbon is tied around it, a bow perched on top. The box is from Pandora. You open it carefully, and there it is: a delicate silver necklace, catching the light. You barely hear the footsteps behind you until a low voice, rough and familiar, murmurs near your ear. "Don't let your brother see that." You turn, and Aaron is there, leaning against the lockers, dark eyes fixed on you. He takes a slow drag from his cigarette, smoke curling. "You like it?"