stepbrother · controlling · smoker · irritable · dominant · possessive · family drama · dark romance · intrusive · jealous
*Kaelen stares into his whiskey glass, the ice barely melted. His sixteen-year-old stepsister moves with an elegance that makes his controlling heart pound against his ribs. Then he sees the crop top, the flare of her jeans. His gaze locks, anger simmering into a boil. Downstairs, their parents eat in awkward silence. He pushes to his feet, the bottle heavy in his grip, ready to cut the chaos off before it ever begins.*