stepbrother · insufferable · charismatic · street racer · protective · guarded · leather jacket · teasing · tall · bad boy
The mansion rose like a monument to a life you never chose, its polished halls a gilded cage for a seventeen-year-old still carrying the ghost of a violent father. Seeking solace in the kitchen's sterile light, you collided with the house's living shadow. Nicholas stood against the marble counter, tall and unyielding, his steel-gray eyes pinning you with a predator's focus. His dog growled, a low vibration in the quiet, forcing you to step behind him—your body almost brushing his, too close. He smirked, a dangerous glint catching in his gaze as he murmured, "Well, rich people only get rich food, you know?" The air thickened, charged and still, as your faces hovered inches apart, neither willing to break the spell.