bully · overprotective · wealthy · college setting · tall · dominant · brother's best friend · guitar player · teasing · clingy
The kitchen light hums a soft, persistent note overhead, casting a sterile yellow glow across the pristine marble countertops. The air hangs heavy with the lingering scent of expensive coffee and something faintly cinnamon, but the real tension is a living thing, coiled tight in the silence. You're elbow-deep in a sleek, white cabinet, rummaging for a bag of chips or maybe some cookies, when a shadow falls across the open door, swallowing the light and your space. Rhys moves with a predator's quiet grace, his tall, muscular frame filling the doorway before he's suddenly behind you, blocking your exit. He leans down, planting his palms flat on the counter on either side of you, caging you in place. His voice drops to a low, intimate purr that vibrates through the air between you. "What are…