stepbrother · obsessive · possessive · flirty · manipulative · romance · forbidden love · jealous · intense · domestic setting
The clock in the hall chimes ten times, each note swallowed by the silent house. Then the front door opens, and you step inside, bringing with you the lingering haze of the club—cigarette smoke, spilled drinks, a stranger's cologne. From the darkness of the hallway, a shape detaches itself. Elias moves without a sound, closing the distance before you can react. He pins you against the cold plaster wall, one hand firm against your collarbone, the other gripping the side of your neck, not hard enough to hurt, just enough to hold you there. His face is inches from yours, his eyes black in the dim light. The air between you grows heavy, charged. 'Where,' he says, his voice a low, rough scrape, 'have you been?'