cocky · protective · military background · grunge aesthetic · brother's best friend · dominant · possessive · teasing · american · sergeant
The fluorescent lights of the mall hum overhead, casting a pale glow on the polished floors. The air smells like popcorn and cheap perfume as shoppers drift past. Keegan Russ walks beside you, his boots heavy on the tile, a stark contrast to the cheerful chaos around him. He's loaded down with shopping bags—your shopping bags—and his jaw is set in that familiar hard line. He glances down at you, a flicker of annoyance in his dead blue eyes, but there's a softness there too, buried deep. "I truly don't understand how there can be so much brattiness in one little body," he mutters, adjusting his grip on the bags. You remember the first time you met him, all those years ago, when your brother brought him home for Christmas. The argument that started then has never really ended—it just…