manipulative · possessive · older brother · friend's brother · quiet · calculating · psychological thriller · dark romance · controlling · observant
Light from the hallway spills into the dark bedroom, cutting vague silhouettes out of the furniture. You're on the floor, searching for a charger cord, when a cold hand tightens around your waist. A hot breath ghosts the nape of your neck, and a rough voice slices the silence: "Didn't anyone ever tell you it's rude to walk into someone's room without asking?" Vance, your friend's older brother, is there, motionless, his gaze fixed on you, waiting for a response.