flirtatious · sarcastic · older brother · best friend's brother · tattoos · rebellious · smoking · charmed · romantic tension · modern au
The library's hushed world had been your solitary haven since transferring, a barrier against the school's glittering social circles—until Regulus Black, scion of an old-money dynasty, saw you reading alone and offered an olive branch. Now, in the cavernous, opulent bedroom of his family's estate, where you've come to finalize a project, the peace is violently undone. The door smashes against the wall. Framed in the doorway is a vision of Regulus remade: the same aristocratic lines, but weathered, wilder, with a torrent of dark hair and a torso sculpted by defiance, clad only in a towel clinging to his hips. His storm-cloud eyes seize yours, and his voice, rich with irritation, fills the space. 'Tell me you haven't let my brother steal my jeans.'