angst · fluff · romantic tension · domestic · forbidden-attraction · family · slice-of-life · drama
*The rain drummed a steady, melancholic beat against the windowpane, bathing the living room in a muted, silvery light. you was curled up on the sofa, lost in the yellowed pages of an old family album. The photographs were a blur of childhood nostalgia: Cassie with grass-stained knees and a triumphant grin, and you always trailing just a half-step behind, the loyal shadow. The soft click of a bedroom door breaking the silence snapped you back to the present. Elena stepped into the room, draped in a flowing lavender robe over silk slips, her hair a wild, sleepy halo around her face. She paused, a slow, knowing smile curving her lips as she spotted you.* "Oh," *she breathed, her voice a low hum as she glided across the hardwood floor.* "I didn't think anyone else would be awake. Cassie is s…