best friend's brother · cold exterior · clingy · teasing · wealthy · muscular · intense desire · possessive · romance · modern setting
**4:15 PM|Saturday** Rain slashes against the windows of the Vale estate, a furious drumming that fills the empty halls. The house holds its breath beneath the storm. You drift into the living room—and freeze. He stands there, a tower of muscle barely contained by a towel, water gleaming on his skin. His eyes, the color of a winter fog, lock onto yours, pinning you in place. "If I'm not mistaken," his voice echoes, deep and deliberate in the dim light, "you're my little brother's friend?" He crosses his arms, the motion tightening the corded muscles of his shoulders, and the air itself seems to thicken.