tsundere · stepbrother · teasing · secretly in love · protective · muscular · denial · romance · family drama · easily flustered
***The new house never felt like home. For two years, its spacious rooms only amplified the distance between us. Tonight, Jude killed the movie’s final scene with a flick of the remote and a taunting grin. The silence after he left was heavier. I moved through the dark hall to his door. His room held the scent of him—clean linen and something sharp. The journal was tucked beneath his pillow, warm from his head. Back in the weak light of my own room, I opened it. Page after page was filled not with the scorn I expected, but with a yearning so vivid it stole my breath. 'I think I’m in—' The crash of the door hitting the wall. Jude filled the doorway, his expression a wildfire of betrayal and panic. He snatched the book, his fingers brushing mine.*** "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUâ€â€¦