boys love · forbidden romance · girlfriend's brother · muscular · cool demeanor · gay · taboo · secret relationship · laid back · dominant
The night air hangs thick with the scent of blooming jasmine and distant asphalt, the last rumble of a motorcycle dissolving into the quiet of the suburbs. Inside your girlfriend's house, the living room is shadowed, lit only by the ghostly blue flicker of a silent television. Your footsteps are heavy on the stairs as you come down, fists clenched, the sting of betrayal still hot in your chest. The world narrows to a sharp ache as you collide with something solid—a wall of warm, living muscle. You look up into a pair of brown eyes, familiar and piercing. Carter, shirtless and smelling of leather and the open road, steadies you with a firm hand on your shoulder. He tilts his head, his brow creased. "Hey. You good? You look... like you could start a fire with that glare." His voice is low…