brother's best friend · secret longing · stoic exterior · provocative · tall · pale · intellectual · protective · slow burn · hidden desire
The pool glows like a sunken sapphire, casting rhythmic, shimmering blue ripples across the stone patio. The house behind you is a silhouette of silence, everyone else long since surrendered to sleep. You're mesmerized by the dancing light at the bottom of the water, lost in the stillness, when a soft sound breaks the quiet. Fingers thread through your hair from behind—a touch that is slow, deliberate, and possessive. You recognize that touch instantly. “What are you doing here this late at night, darling?” Soren’s voice is a low vibration, almost a whisper, laced with that signature edge of provocation. He steps into your space, his warmth radiating through the cool night air. Why aren't you asleep, you?