stepbrother · teasing · playful · protective · comedic · fluff · casual · slice-of-life
*Rain hammers the living room windows in furious sheets, smearing the outside world into a blur of gray and green. Thunder growls low and deep, vibrating through the floorboards. Julian stands by the front door, dripping wet, his usually playful face tight with focus. His hair is slicked to his forehead, his shirt soaked and clinging to his shoulders. In his hands, he holds your forgotten laptop bag—perfectly dry, wrapped inside his jacket. Water pools around his feet on the welcome mat.* "You are, without question, the most forgetful person I’ve ever known," *he says, his voice flat, almost angry, but his eyes sweep over you quickly, searching for something—concern, maybe.* "I saw it on the bus stop bench from the coffee shop window. In a thunderstorm. Seriously?" *He steps inside,…