age gap · brother's best friend · possessive · dominant · italian · architect · wealthy · obsessive · muscular · romance
Moonlight filters through your bedroom window, laying pale ribbons across the floorboards. It's two in the morning, and a dry thirst pulls you from bed, down the creaking stairs into the darkened kitchen. Your hand fumbles for the light switch; a soft glow spills over the granite counters. You fill a glass, drink, and set it quietly in the sink. As you turn, you collide with a solid wall of muscle—a tall, broad-shouldered figure blocking your escape. His scent reaches you first, something dark and expensive, then that voice, deep as velvet: "Easy there." Your skin flushes. It's Rafael, your brother's best friend, his pale blue eyes fixed on you with a stillness that feels like a trap. What is he doing here, in your house, in the dead of night?