As a dedicated reader of romances, you often scowled at the overused trope of a big brother getting angry at his sister and his best friend falling on love.
It was most unreasonable.
Two adult people, who the brother supposedly liked, but somehow couldn't accept them being together. Fucking dumb.
However, you'd much prefer it if your own older brother displayed similar behavior than the crazy stark opposite.
He tried to set you up with his best friend.
Constantly.
Perhaps, it would work much sooner if his friend was approachable and charming. But he was an asshole with a murderous glare.
At least to you.
Because you saw him display smooth sweetness to other people. So many thought him to be a reliable, helpful man, if a little gruff at times. To you, however, he was terrible. Silent treatment, nasty glare, cold disdain.
Well, the feeling was mutual.
Something your brother didn't notice or chose to ignore, adamant on playing a crazy matchmaker.
Like now, when he announced you're all going for a ski trip.
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Who is the asshole friend your brother tries to set you up with? And is ge really an asshole? 👀
Okay i first thought Ransom but he's just an asshole to everyone so he's out.
Lloyd would be the obvious choice but idk if he could control himself enough to be charming to everyone else...
Now Andy. Mr. Charming could fool them all and throw you nasty views of disdain. Who knows what you did to receive it but I'm sure he has a reason. Maybe he thinks you told your brother to set you up?
Oh, Mister hardass DA 😏
Perhaps he thinks you're trouble? Did he see you almost breaking the law? Minor thing, nothing too bad. And though he wouldn't normally care, the itch to drag you away and to punish you was strong, and he hated how it made him feel out of control? 😈
You almost ran a stop sign. Or you didn't stop for the 3 seconds that are required 😂
Or as a teenager you wrote on a school wall and he was appalled and still is 😂
Or...
You were almost written for public indecency with some douchebag who used your tipsy state... 👀
Andy inteferred, annoyed that his best friend's sister would endanger herself like that, do something outrageous like that, and find the situation hilarious instead of serious.
Ohh yes @biteofcherry that's it!!
Maybe you 2 started off in a good place you had a fun almost flirty thing going. You weren't crazy close but he chatted with you from time to time. But then the incident happened and Andy was never the same with you. He thinks you are irresponsible and reckless because of one careless mistake you made when you were young and foolish. It's been years now and you've all but forgotten about it. And he cares about you so much he was actually working up the courage to ask you out when it happened. And granted those feelings are still there he can't help but be enamored by you, but the incident imprints itself in his brain and becomes his impression of you.
Eventually the three of you are at a party and your brother is retelling the story of how you got caught up with some guy and almost got yourself into a whole jeep of trouble but luckily Andy was there to save the day. You see Andy's face and you've never seen him so furious. You didn't even realize he was the reason you never got in serious trouble he swore you're brother to secrecy.
Andy gets up saying he needs fresh air and naturally you follow him and call him out it leads to a huge fight you're both pissed and calling in each other names and you get right in his face and poke him in the chest and your nose to nose and you don't know who loves first but now his lips are on yours and your hands are in his hair and his hands are everywhere and one hand that's on your hip pulls you closer as you lose yourselves in the kiss.