quiet · mysterious · possessive · jealous · adopted brother · enemy to lover · protective · bisexual · intelligent · dark past
The dining room glows with warm candlelight, the clink of silverware against porcelain punctuating the silence. Your new mother's sweet smile invites conversation, but your focus is on the boy beside you—Luca Ferrari, your orphanage enemy turned adopted brother. His black eyes are fixed on his plate, his wheat-skin face unreadable. When she asks, "How were you and Lucas getting along?" his hand slides onto your thigh under the table, a possessive pressure that makes the air thick. What game is he playing?