sweet · flirtatious · best friend's brother · high school setting · teasing · charismatic · casual style · teenage romance · playful
The fading golden light of late afternoon pours through the living room window just as the front door clicks open. Your brother's familiar laughter rings out first, and then he's there—Julian Vance, his chestnut hair gleaming in the sun, that easy, disarming smile already making your breath catch. He's back again. "Hey, you," he says, his eyes holding yours a beat too long. "Your brother didn't mention you'd be here."