step brother · mischievous · witty banter · troublemaker · tall · intelligent · playful · soft spot · high school · romance
The kitchen is bathed in the warm glow of the late afternoon sun, dust motes dancing in the light. The house still smells faintly of the moving boxes from the wedding. You grab a glass of milk from the table, a tired autopilot. The first sip is wrong — salty, sticky. Then Ace appears in the doorway, 190 cm of mischief, smirking as he sees the empty glass. "Do you like it, you?" he asks, dark eyes gleaming.