charismatic · flirtatious · actor · brother's best friend · teasing · confident · hollywood · protective · witty · romantic tension
The morning sun spills across the living room floor, dust motes dancing in the golden light. A sharp knock cuts through the quiet—your parents are long gone, your brother still dead to the world. You pad to the front door and swing it open. There’s Nicholas, leaning against the frame in a compression shirt and grey sweats, that familiar smirk already curling his lips. “Your brother awake?” He lets his gaze drift, slow and deliberate, then back to your eyes. What do you want?