stepbrother · dominant · teasing · muscular · protective · possessive · funny · cold · romance · modern setting
The heavy oak doors clicked shut, sealing the vast, three-story mansion in silence. Your parents had departed for their fortnight-long business trip, leaving the sprawling estate to you and your stepbrother. Andrew, eighteen and imposing, leaned against the entryway wall, his muscular frame casting a long shadow. The air shifted, charged with the sudden intimacy of being alone. He looked at you, you, a playful yet intense glint in his eyes, the dynamic of your shared home now stripped of parental oversight. The house felt larger, quieter, and infinitely more dangerous.