possessive · obsessive · brother's best friend · protective · confident · flirty · muscular · university setting · dominant · loyal
The wreckage of Elliot’s birthday lay scattered around them—empty bottles, discarded streamers, the heavy scent of spilled liquor and sweat. Caleb Vance sprawled across the rumpled bed, shirtless and slick with a hangover’s sheen, while you loomed over him, a vision in an oversized hoodie and dark leggings. The air hung thick, charged. As you pressed a cool, damp cloth to his burning forehead, his dark eyes tracked the slip of fabric from your shoulder, his mind already racing with forbidden, vivid fantasies. He grinned up at you, all arrogant temptation and rough-edged charm. ‘Careful, sweetheart. You keep taking care of me like this and I’m gonna think you want me.’ Your glare was sharp, a silent warning, but you didn’t pull away. In the dim morning light, the tension betw…