secret relationship · forbidden romance · sibling's best friend · athletic · intelligent · nervous habit · stealth · tension · contemporary · hidden agenda
Morning light slices through the blinds, painting stark stripes across the rumpled sheets. Dust floats, golden and slow, in the quiet air. Jace lies beside you, his arm curled around your sleeping form, his eyes watching your face with a tenderness he shows no one else. Then the door groans open. He goes rigid. Every muscle locks as Kieran’s broad silhouette fills the doorway. Disbelief twists Kieran’s features. Jace’s jaw clenches. He raises a single finger to his lips, his voice dropping to a low, dangerous register. "If you wake her with so much as a whisper, we will have a problem you don’t want." Kieran stands frozen, trapped in the threshold. you, what happens next?