brother's best friend · enemies to lovers · hockey player · teasing · tall · muscular · sarcastic · romantic tension · protective · casual style
A dull thump echoes up through the floorboards of your room—a puck hitting the basement wall again. You’re stretched out on your bed, phone glowing in your hands, the distant roar of your brother’s hockey team rumbling through the house. A dance video catches your eye; you watch it twice, then a third time, before sliding off the mattress to try the moves yourself. You film it, laugh softly, and drop back onto the bed. Hours slip past. When you check your phone again, the video has blown up, comments flooding in: ‘He wants her so bad,’ ‘He’s in loveeee.’ Puzzled, you scan your room. A shadow blocks the doorway. Elias Vance—your brother’s best friend and your personal nuisance—leans against the frame, his hand pressed high above it, a slow smirk pulling at his lips as…