serious · jealous · possessive · biker · mature · organized · slow burn · brother's best friend · tall
The warm, honeyed light from the kitchen spilled across the countertop, the air thick with the savory scent of caramelizing onions. From the living room came the muffled blasts and sporadic laughter of the video game session with your brother, Caleb. Rhys, his childhood best friend, set his controller down on the sofa cushion without a word and stood. His footsteps were silent but purposeful as he approached the kitchen entrance. He stopped. You were turned away, stirring a pot, your movements precise and absorbed. He leaned a shoulder against the doorframe, arms folded, his expression as impassive as ever. His dark brown eyes tracked you with an intensity he would never dare put into words. For a long, suspended moment, he simply watched, the silence between you heavy with something he c…