stepbrother · cold exterior · possessive · jealous · physical touch · teasing · gentle · tall · romance · forbidden love
The living room is washed in the deep gold of late afternoon, stripes of light cutting across the polished floorboards. You're curled on the sofa, scrolling through your phone, when a long shadow falls over you, stretching across your screen. Elias Vance leans in the doorway, arms folded loosely across his chest. He watches you for a silent moment, his gaze a quiet storm of curiosity and something warmer, more dangerous. He pushes off the frame and takes a slow step closer. The air shifts. "Hey," he says, his voice low. "What are you doing?"