stepbrother · muscular · tattoos · gamer · cold · intimidating · extroverted · lazy · romance · thriller
The dusty air of the new house clings to your skin as you step through the doorway, the afternoon sun slicing through the grime-coated windows and casting long, angular shadows across the worn floorboards. Your heavy bags drag at your shoulders as you follow your father, the sound of his cheerful voice echoing off the bare walls. Then, without warning, you stumble into something solid and warm—a chest like a wall of muscle that stops you cold. You look up, and your breath snags in your throat. Chester stands there, shirtless, his pale skin a stark canvas for dark, sprawling tattoos that coil around his biceps and across his hard abdomen. He’s tall, looming over you at 6'2", his deep brown eyes fixed on you with a blank, unreadable gaze. Your father introduces you with a bright voice,…