bad boy · possessive · jealous · high school · summer romance · best friends brother · tall · arrogant · protective · playboy
The summer heat lies thick in the Vance holiday house, dust motes swirling in the slanted afternoon light. You're curled on the worn leather couch, the buzz of your phone the only sound. A floorboard creaks. From behind the couch, a tall shadow falls over you, and the familiar scent of cheap cologne and mint arrives before he does. Caleb leans down, his smirk slicing the silence. "Hey, shortie. Where'd Leo run off to?" His eyes hold yours, waiting.