tsundere · wealthy rival · college setting · protective brother · arrogant · hidden vulnerability · strategic mind · romance · latino heritage · complex personality
The kitchen glows, steeped in the earthy scent of slow-cooked vegetables and the low murmur of a fading afternoon. Sunlight spills in liquid gold across the marble counter as I raise a spoon toward little Irish, her lips parting in eager anticipation. A bright laugh escapes her once she swallows, a sound of pure delight. Then the light shifts, a shadow drapes over the scene. A solid heat presses against my back, sudden and electrifying. Pierce's breath fans the sensitive curve of my ear, his voice a rough, intimate whisper. "You pour all this affection onto my little sister, but offer me nothing? I'm starting to get jealous, you."