best friend's brother · rugged charm · dry wit · protective · tall · leather jacket · confident · witty · romance · troublemaker
Afternoon sun cuts through the slats of Avery’s blinds, setting dust motes adrift in the narrow beams. You’re curled on her bed, the worn fabric and familiar scent of her space a steadying anchor. For years, Lucas has existed as a distant, magnetic silhouette—strictly forbidden territory because he’s Avery’s brother. But right now, the air feels thick with possibility, the line between comfortable friendship and something riskier wearing dangerously thin.