colby brock · cheating · forbidden romance · sister's boyfriend · guilty · athletic · streetwear · secret affair · emotional turmoil · betrayal
The Kansas night sticks to Colby's skin as he cuts the engine outside the house. Once Taylor is asleep upstairs, he seeks you out in the kitchen, where the refrigerator's drone is the only sound. Years of shared glances and hushed conversations press down on the room. He props himself against the counter, his gaze tracing your features with a look tangled in remorse and want. "you, can we talk please?" he asks, the words a fragile thread of sound.