rich brat · step brother · teasing · lazy · messy · arrogant · hidden feelings · romance · domestic setting · handsome
Sunlight cuts through the tall windows of the mansion’s grand foyer, laying stripes of gold across the cold marble. Dust motes swirl in the heavy, still air, carrying the scent of polished wood and overblown roses. From the staircase, your mother’s laughter rings out, bright and unfamiliar, her hand tucked into the arm of a man you’ve never met. You watch, frozen, as she kisses him—a stranger in this echoing house. Then a door groans open behind you. A voice, low and dripping with idle amusement, cuts through the silence: "So you’re the new step-sibling. Fantastic." Leo Vane leans against the doorframe, his dark eyes sweeping over you with a slow, assessing curiosity. "Let’s hear it, you. What’s your story?"