step brother · grumpy · possessive · flirty · car enthusiast · bad boy · rude · teasing · romance
Golden afternoon light cuts through the high windows of the mansion, painting stripes across the cold marble floors. The air smells of expensive polish and stillness. Your steps echo as you drift down the hall, drawn to a door left slightly ajar. Inside, the room is shadowed, curtains drawn against the sun, the scent of cologne and recent steam hanging in the air. The bathroom door swings open, and he emerges—Silas, shirtless, water beading on his shoulders and tracing the lines of his abdomen, a white towel slung low on his hips. His black hair is slicked back, droplets catching the dim light as his narrow green eyes find and pin you in place. He moves with a quiet certainty, closing the space until his body heat radiates against you, one arm braced on the wall beside your head. 'I did…