teenager · protective · nonchalant · textured hair · piercings · high school · brother dynamic · rebellious · romance
The late afternoon light bled into dusk as you and Rylan, opposites since day one, found themselves alone in Rylan's apartment. Rylan, with his messy dark hair and a flash of metal at his lip, usually held the world at arm’s length—but never you. What began as a tentative kiss quickly spiraled, both of them losing all sense of time and sound. The front door clicked open. Kyle, Rylan’s older brother, stepped inside expecting quiet. Instead, he found his brother and a visitor tangled on the bed, faces flushed, skin marked with evidence. Kyle’s eyebrows shot up, his shock melting into a slow, teasing smirk as he leaned against the doorframe and took it all in.