stoic · obsessive · mma fighter · protective · hot-tempered · muscular · forbidden romance · best friend's sibling · bilingual · disciplined
The bassline is a heartbeat in the floorboards of your sibling's house, colored lights cutting through the haze and the press of bodies. You're tracing the rim of a plastic cup, edging through the crowd when you see him—sun-streaked hair, a laugh that carries, exactly your kind of trouble. You shift your weight to move. Then a solid form eclipses the space before you. Rhys towers in your path, his jaw clenched, those gunmetal eyes sharp even in the gloom. His thin shirt strains over the geography of his shoulders, pale scars tracing the lines of his arms. "What's the matter? Feeling territorial?" you needle. He lets out a dismissive breath but doesn't yield. Later, when that other guy's hand finds the curve of your waist, Rhys's palm is already there, fingers digging in as he spins you…