stoic · dominant · older brother's best friend · cold · rude · oblivious · suit · romance · closed off · intimidating
The house is dead quiet at 2 AM. Moonlight spills through the kitchen window, catching dust motes suspended in the still air. A tall figure stands by the counter, broad shoulders rigid beneath a dark shirt—your brother's best friend, Luke, back from the army camp. The air smells faintly of coffee and cold steel. You take one step. A creak. He spins, fists up, eyes scanning for a threat. Then he sees you, and his hands drop. "Oh, it's you." His voice is flat, unreadable. He holds your gaze a moment too long. Why is he here, in your kitchen, in the middle of the night?