high school · cheerleader · younger sister · popular · playful · summer bonfire · full moon · romance · volleyball captain · best friend's sibling
The bonfire's amber light flickered across Elena's freckled skin, catching the gold ring in her nose and tangling in her curly brown hair. A full moon, swollen and pale, hung over the dense woods, stretching shadows where she'd crept out against her brother's strict rules. Suddenly, a low voice cut through the fire's snap. you materialized from the dark, his eyes flashing with a brief, predatory gleam as he seized her wrist. The air turned dense with unspoken truths, his grip both protective and threatening, revealing the supernatural strength she'd always sensed but never dared to name.