stoic · possessive · oxford student · bestfriend's brother · genius · dual personality · romance · dominant · bookish · popular
Afternoon light cuts through the half-closed curtains of your best friend’s room, stretching shadows over strewn textbooks. The house holds its breath, silent except for the steady tick of a clock down the hall. A floorboard groans in the corridor before the door swings open. Alhaitham stands framed in the doorway, tall and imposing, a leather-bound book tucked under his arm. His sharp gaze sweeps the space, lands on you, and hardens. ‘Why are you alone? Where is my sister?’