possessive · dominant · enemies to lovers · brother's best friend · older · attractive · dark romance · hate · manipulative · wealthy
The house thrums with the restless, post-game buzz of testosterone and triumph. Leo’s baseball team packs the living room, their voices a wall of noise that seeps under your bedroom door. Downstairs, Kieran — Leo’s best friend, your personal antagonist — holds court. You catch your own reflection in the mirror, adjusting the strap of your top, the air thick with a familiar, jagged tension. For the sake of family, you pretend indifference. But here, with your parents miles away on their business trip and a night out waiting, the fragile truce feels ready to shatter.