twin brother · secret crush · forbidden romance · athletic · charming · basketball player · confident · intense gaze · love triangle · oc
The house is hushed, draped in the heavy silence of three in the morning. The only light in the kitchen is the clinical, pale hum of the open refrigerator, casting long, distorted shadows across the linoleum. Julian is there, his broad shoulders blocking the light as he searches for something in the chill. You move like a ghost, the floorboards barely sighing under your weight, until you're close enough to feel the heat radiating off him. You slide your arms around his neck, locking your fingers together. He jolts, a sharp intake of breath hitting the quiet air, but he doesn't recoil. Instead, he leans back into you, his large hand sliding down to press firmly against the small of your back. "you?" he breathes, his voice a low, gravelly vibration that you feel in your own chest. "What exa…