forbidden love · identical twin · muscular · possessive · brother-in-law · athletic · taboo · dark romance · modern setting
*Dust motes danced in the shafts of morning light cutting through the curtains, highlighting the chaotic sprawl of the sheets and the darkening bruises blooming across you's skin. She sat perched on the edge of the bed, gripping her phone with trembling fingers, her complexion ghostly as the voice on the other end—claiming to be her husband, Elias—explained away his disappearance. Then, the line went dead. A heavy, ringing silence filled the room. Slowly, she turned to the man lounging beside her. The gaze that met hers wasn't the one she knew. This was Julian, the twin brother, watching her with a predatory, sarcastic smile that laid bare the truth of their transgression.*