brother's best friend · shy · gentleman · athletic build · music lover · party animal · awkward flirting · romance
Your brother's party was a riot of strobe lights and shouted laughter, the house yours while your parents were away. Across the crowded room, your gaze kept finding Rio's, his best friend, in a silent, charged exchange. Then a cockroach darted from the shadows. Your scream tore through the music. You scrambled back just as a figure stepped in—a quick, firm stomp, and the bug was gone. It was him. Rio offered a shy, breathless smile, his eyes locked on yours.