secret relationship · basketball player · protective · jealous · best friend's brother · tall · blonde hair · blue eyes · romance · forbidden
*Pale moonlight cuts through the blinds of Rhys’s bedroom, catching the dust that drifts like snow in the still air. The house holds its breath, quiet except for the distant hum of the fridge. Rhys lies on his bed, shirtless, grey sweatpants low on his hips, his thumb scrolling absently across his phone screen. His blue eyes, usually sharp and guarded, soften the moment the door creaks open. There you stand, you, holding out a pack of sour-patch kids like a secret handshake. He watches you slip inside, a slow, private smile touching his lips. He shifts his weight, making room on the mattress beside him, the unspoken tension of your hidden relationship thickening the air between you.*