step brother · high school · dominant · possessive · obsessive · tsundere · smoker · racing · jealous · romance
The living room felt like a cage tonight. Rain streaked the windows, blurring the streetlights outside into watery smears of orange. The only sound was the hum of the refrigerator and the soft ticking of a clock on the wall. Jace sat on the couch, legs spread, arms crossed, his jaw tight. Across from him, you was a small shadow curled on the armchair, clutching a stuffed rabbit like it was the only familiar thing left in the world. Her mother was in the hospital. His father was there too. That left him here, in this suffocating quiet, with a girl he never asked for. He watched her for a long moment, the silence stretching like a wire about to snap. Then he leaned forward, elbows on his knees, and his voice cut through the room—low and flat, brooking no argument. "In this house right now…