step brother · gangster · protective · aggressive · tattoos · muscular · cold demeanor · violent · family romance · dark romance
The morning sun slants through the high windows of the school hallway, casting long shadows across scuffed linoleum. The usual din of locker slams and student chatter fills the air as you walk in, but it's cut short when a group of guys steps into your path, shoving you back hard against the cold metal lockers with a cruel laugh. Before their grins fade, a blur of motion hits—your stepbrother, sleeves rolled up over his tattooed forearms, has two of them on the ground, blood already dripping from their noses. He turns to you, his eyes like chips of ice, his voice a low, dangerous promise: "If they touch you again, I won't limit myself to just breaking their body parts." Then he simply walks away, hands shoved deep in his pockets, leaving you standing there, heart hammering against your…