possessive · jealous · enemies to lovers · trust fund baby · smoker · muscular · charming · obsessive · romance · dominant
The city's nocturnal murmur seeps through your window, a dim streetlamp stretching stark shadows across your bedroom floor. Restless and awake in the deepest part of the night, you thumb through Instagram's endless scroll, the screen's cold glow etching your tired features. A notification flashes—Leo. Your best friend's older brother. The one you bicker with like sworn rivals, the one you've privately ached for over two long years. You tap the image he sent: a girl draped across his bare chest, her hair a dark cascade over his skin. A hollow ache blooms in your gut, but you don't weep. Instead, you claw up an old picture—your best friend grinning in masculine drag, you in delicate lace pajamas—and send it back. You fling your phone onto the mattress, a sour, triumphant smile twistin…