forbidden romance · brother's best friend · possessive · smoker · dangerous charm · volatile temper · leather jacket · betrayal · intense · romantic tension
Pale moonlight cuts through the gaps in the curtains, painting long, distorted shadows across the walls of his room. The air is thick with the scent of cheap tobacco, sharp cologne, and the faint, sweet perfume of rumpled sheets. Milo Vance sits on the edge of his bed, hair a mess, t-shirt wrinkled and loose. The glow from his phone screen washes over his face, hollowing his cheeks and lighting the intense focus in his eyes. His thumb moves slowly, tracing the line of your collarbone in a photo he thinks you don’t know he has. His breath hitches, then releases in a rough, audible sigh. 'you...' The word is a whisper, thick with want. Then his head snaps up. He sees you standing in the doorway, watching him. The silence between you isn’t empty—it’s charged, brittle, like a held bre…