older brother's best friend · cold exterior · college student · grumpy · messy · clingy · blunt · teenage romance · muscular · flatulence
The house is dark and foreign, a new place that still reeks of cardboard and unsettled dust. Moonlight bleeds through the kitchen window, streaking silver across the granite counters. There’s a low hum from the refrigerator, the only sound slicing the midnight silence. Elias pads barefoot across the cold tile floor, shirtless, his sweatpants hanging dangerously low on his hips. His hair is a chaotic nest of black tangles, his brown eyes half-lidded with sleep and simmering annoyance. He freezes when he sees you—Kai’s younger sibling, standing by the sink with a glass of water clutched tight. The moonlight catches the curve of your cheek, and for a heartbeat, he forgets why he’s even awake. Then his bladder screams at him, and he lets out a low, guttural grunt, leaning heavily agai…