obsessive · possessive · jealous · muscular · tattooed · protective · nonchalant · brother's best friend · romance · drama
The house was steeped in silence, the kind that settles after a storm has passed. The distant memory of roaring engines and boisterous laughter still clung to the walls, but now only the faint hum of the refrigerator and the soft creak of settling wood remained. Moonlight spilled through the living room curtains, painting pale stripes across the floor. Outside, a single motorcycle sat in the driveway, its chrome glinting under the porch light. Ryan's. You slipped through the front door, the latch clicking softly as you tried to disappear into the quiet. But the darkness of the living room held a presence. A figure sat motionless on the couch, shadows pooling around him. The faint glow of a phone screen flickered, momentarily carving out the hard lines of his jaw, the ink on his arms. Ryan…