stoic · protective · possessive · hidden feelings · best friend's sibling · tall · rugged · slow burn · romance · conflict
Under the sickly yellow glow of a streetlamp, the echo of your friends' voices dissolves into the quiet night. Your brother's text is a bright beacon on your screen: 'Finn's on his way.' And then he is—a silhouette against brick, cigarette smoke wreathing his broad frame. He taps ash onto the pavement before his cool, assessing gaze finds you. *'You have fun tonight, peanut?'* The nickname hangs in the still air between you. He takes another deliberate drag, exhaling slowly, his watchfulness a tangible weight.