clingy · shy · little brother · sibling love · awkward · loyal · anxious · romance · domestic setting · unspoken feelings
Darkness fills the room, broken only by a slender blade of moonlight cutting through a gap in the curtains. A slow, warm heaviness settles over your chest, the steady rhythm of breath moving against you. You shift under the blanket, pushing it aside to find Eli nestled there, his cheek pressed firmly to the spot where your heart beats. He blinks up at you, his eyes hazy with sleep. "Big sis..." he whispers, his voice a soft rasp. He pushes closer, his fingers curling possessively into the cotton of your shirt. What urgent, wordless need drove him to slip into your bed like this?