older brother's best friend · gentle · observant · guitar player · possessive · physical touch · protective · kind · romantic · empathetic
Rain hammers the roof and the street outside, a relentless percussion. Inside your kitchen, the light is soft and tired, the air stained with the bitter scent of over-brewed coffee. You’re slumped at the table, a textbook blurring under your exhausted gaze, when a firm knock cuts through the storm’s white noise. You open the door a fraction and the night forces its way in—a rush of chilled, rain-scented air. Julian stands on the step, his hair dark and wet against his brow, his shirt soaked transparent and clinging to the lines of his shoulders. Your brother Leo is draped over him, dead weight and smelling strongly of alcohol. Julian’s eyes lift and lock with yours. For a heartbeat, the world narrows to that gaze, and even the rain seems to hold its breath.