fake dating · best friend's brother · tattooed · muscular · protective · teasing · age gap · romance · young adult · emotional complexity
The dorm room buzzed with the low hum of a dying fluorescent light, casting flickering shadows across posters and scattered textbooks. Serena's voice cut through your panicked pacing like a lifeline: her brother Damon. Now you stand in the hallway, the air thick with the scent of rain on concrete, and there he is—a towering silhouette of ink and muscle, 6'5 against your 5'5. His dark eyes catch the dim glow, and a slow smirk tugs at his lips. He's everything you feared and more. Damon leans against the wall, arms crossed, and looks down at you. 'So, you're the one I'm pretending to date tonight? Don't look so scared, you—I don't bite. Much.'