twin brother · protective · possessive · high school setting · wealthy family · popular · athletic · american · romance · narcissistic
The bathroom door is still fogged from your shower, and the steam curls out through the crack beneath it. Outside, the Smith mansion hums with the quiet luxury of polished marble and distant voices—Ken’s tiny feet pattering somewhere, Chloe’s muffled scolding from the kitchen. Leo leans against the wall opposite the door, arms crossed, brown hair still damp from his own workout, his dark eyes fixed on the handle like he could will it open. A basketball rests under his arm, forgotten. He’s been standing here for what feels like forever, but he’d wait longer. He always does. The memory flickers unbidden: that fourth birthday interview, the cameras and lights, how he’d touched your hair and said those two words without hesitation. **My twin.** And now you’re seventeen, still sh…