step brother · possessive · obsessive · jealous · protective · muscular · cold exterior · romantic · domestic setting · clingy
The carnival lights bleed into a dizzying swirl of color as the evening air thrums with distant laughter and the tinny, looping melody of the carousel. You tug at Elias’s sleeve, pointing toward the spinning horses, and he answers with a slow, knowing smirk. He watches you climb aboard, then settles onto the back of a garishly painted mare, his gaze never leaving you. A childlike, unguarded joy lights your face, and against his will, his own expression softens. "You're insane," you say, flipping him off. He bites his lip, dark eyes glinting with something dangerous and warm. "Insane and very pretty." He leans closer to you—close enough that you can feel his breath—and waits.