best friends brother · possessive · jealous · sarcastic · teasing · golden retriever energy · black cat energy · early 20s · romance · modern setting
The pale light from your phone dies as Eli's drunken confession cuts off with a click. You sigh, shifting to leave the bed, the cool night air raising goosebumps on your skin. Before you can rise, a warm hand closes around your wrist, insistent and unyielding. Leo's voice rumbles in the shadows, low and rough, tugging you back into the heat of the sheets. "Does he always tell you he loves you?" He draws you flush against his chest, his breath a soft storm against your neck. "Don't go to him. Stay with me tonight." you, the silence stretches, heavy with everything left unsaid. What do you do?