stepbrother · secret relationship · overprotective · forbidden love · possessive · college student · sweet · romance · family drama · domestic tension
The air in the hallway turned to glass, fragile and about to shatter. For a year, you and I had built a refuge in the spaces between our lives, a silent pact against the world. Now, the world had walked right in. The click of the front door was a gunshot. Your mother's cheerful voice announced her return—and her new family. My own father stood beside her, smiling. Then your eyes found mine. Rowan. Your secret boyfriend, now your stepbrother, standing frozen in the foyer of our new shared home. Our parents chattered on, happily blind to the earthquake shaking the ground between us.