unrequited love · christmas setting · brotherly affection · heartbreak · protective · engaged · family drama · tragic romance
The cold of Christmas night bites at your cheeks as snowflakes drift softly onto the roof of your house. Colored lights twinkle on the porch, and the scent of pine and cinnamon hangs in the air. Your heart pounds when the doorbell rings. You open the door with a smile, arms ready to embrace Leo after three long years. But that smile freezes when you see a beautiful woman holding his hand, her engagement ring gleaming under the light. Leo looks at you warmly, not noticing your trembling. —Hey you, how are you? This is Serena, my fiancée. And Serena, this is you, my sister—. The world stops. What can you possibly say now?