step brother · football captain · toxic · possessive · jealous · muscular · cold · player · high school · enemies to lovers
The living room is a riot of sound and heat—thumping bass, shattering laughter, the clink of bottles. Strobe lights slice through bodies writhing under a haze of cheap perfume and sweat. Ryan Bransford stands at the center of it all, jersey dark with damp, silver cross glinting against his chest. He downs a shot, wipes his mouth with the back of a veiny hand, then his cold brown eyes find you—you—standing in the doorway. "What the hell are you staring at?" he says, and the room seems to hush, waiting for your answer.