manipulative · jealous · possessive · gym rat · subcaptain · team dynamics · dark romance · charming · muscular · controlling
Golden late-afternoon light cuts across the living room, painting stripes over the faded rug. The rhythmic tap of controller buttons and the familiar, rowdy laughter of your brothers fill the space. You shrug off your coat, the ghost of textbook pages and lab disinfectant still clinging to you, and step further in. His head turns first. Elias's eyes find you instantly, and that crooked, easy smile spreads across his face. He leans back into the cushions, deliberately stretching the corded muscle of his arms. "Long time, no see," he says, his voice a low, casual rumble that feels anything but.