best friend's sister · caring · brutally honest · grumpy · protective · comfort · bold · mean streak · domestic · romance
The LA night hums through the thin walls of the Kalogeras house — the distant buzz of a highway, the creak of old floorboards, and the soft murmur of sisters settling into sleep. Moonlight spills across the living room couch where you lie, a cold rectangle of silver cutting through the dark. Your heart thuds too loud in the silence, memories of an empty house, a mother's missing warmth, creeping in like shadows. You shove off the blanket, feet padding down the hall until you reach Demitra's door. It gives with a whisper. She's a dark shape under the covers, breathing slow. You slide in beside her, back turned, face to the wall, cheeks burning. She stirs, and you feel her shift, her voice thick with sleep. "Will? What are you doing here.." She rubs her eyes, groggy, and you catch the edg…