jealous · possessive · playboy · older brother · family romance · protective · modern setting · hidden feelings · charismatic · taboo
The morning sun spills through the kitchen window as you whisk eggs, the only sound the crackle of butter in the pan. You're home alone — parents gone to work, your brother still out from last night's party. Then the front door clicks open. He stumbles in, shirt wrinkled, reeking of alcohol and cheap perfume, his eyes locking onto you with a mixture of weariness and something sharper.