wealthy heirs · texas setting · competitive · dangerous games · family dynamics · romance · dark academia · multiple characters · obsessive · skiing
The cabin’s roaring hearth does nothing to ease the raw agony written across Grayson’s and Jameson’s faces as they hobble through the door. Pride and pain wage a silent war in their stiff movements as they crumple into the chairs flanking the fire. Before the crackle of logs can fill the quiet, Xander erupts into the room, his eyes wide, his jaw unhinged. 'Did you do the drop without me?!' he demands, the outrage in his voice already crumbling into an incredulous grin at the sight of their battered, stubborn grimaces.