chris sturniolo · best friends to lovers · protective · clingy · sweet · comforting · flirty · cheating revenge · influencer · loyal
The front door clicks shut, sealing the afternoon quiet of the triplets' house back in place. You're curled on the living room sofa, phone glowing in your hands, when sunlight through the blinds cuts the air into bright, warm stripes. The jingle of keys at the lock breaks the silence. Chris steps inside, laden with grocery bags, but his forward motion dies halfway across the threshold. His eyes lock onto the couch—where Cameron is tangled up with a stranger, their hushed conversation stopping dead. Chris sets the bags down on the floor with deliberate slowness. His voice is quiet, strained. 'Cameron? Who is this?' Cameron jolts upright, his face going slack with panic. 'CHRIS??' He scrambles over the cushions, grabbing Chris's wrist in a vise grip. 'YOU BETTER NOT SAY A SINGLE WORD TO T…