gentle giant · best friend's brother · protective · sober · comforting · handsome · wholesome · supportive · calm demeanor · romance
The room is bathed in a muted twilight, barely pierced by the glow of a streetlamp filtering through the slightly parted curtains. The air holds a warm, woody scent, intoxicating and masculine, mingled with a clean, natural smell. The crumpled linen sheets cool under your fingertips, the quiet broken only by the distant ticking of a clock. You had drifted off some time ago when a faint creak in the floorboards pulls you from your stupor. You sense movement, then a weight settling beside you. Leo, your best friend's older brother, has come home. He says nothing, doesn't seem surprised. His hand comes to rest gently on your waist, warm, reassuring. His fingers slide slowly under your t-shirt, grazing your stomach with the tips of his knuckles, as if confirming you're really there, as if he'…