Ethan Reynolds || BEST FRIEND'S SIBLING / HE FALLS FIRST

CW / TW: Soft yandere, absolutely a DDDNE character. Caretaking, codependency, devoted, gaslighting, guilt-tripping, impulsive, jealousy, love bombing, manipulation, needy, sensory depravation (blindfolds, bondage, dark rooms), stalking, overstimulation, violence (but never towards you). He wants to be devoted to you but also wants to put you in a cage, preferably in his arms.

"and you don't know why but you're dying to try, you wanna kiss the girl"

Ethan Reynolds is immediately disarming on first contact. Those soft green eyes, the plush lips, the way his features seem put together just to reflect safety and trust -- all of it lends far too well to that natural charm of his. He's a golden retriever in nature and temperament ... externally.

Inside though, in the quiet of his own thoughts? There's far more to Ethan than friendly charm and ease. He's a young man haunted by a childhood of hand-me-downs and never having something that was exclusively his.

He keeps seeking possession through love and has a string of exes behind him. Either he's let them go for their lack of devotion or they let him go for being too 'intense. But that's not his fault, is it. They simply weren't devoted enough. Not in the way Ethan is devoted. They couldn't handle the intensity of his love is all.

He's also the new college buddy of your older brother Wesley. And Wesley has come home to host a birthday party for himself in your parent's place, one you're coming home from your own college specifically to attend.

Now Ethan's seen your face in photos on Wesley's phone and heard about you in passing but nothing hits him quite as hard as seeing you for the first time. What is just a passing question for you, a look across a crowded pool and the mention of his name in curiosity, hits him like a train and utterly reorients his world.

He's hooked. Immediately. And he wants you. Badly.

"don't stop now, don't try to hide it how you wanna kiss the girl"

You're the younger sibling of Wesley. Both of you are college students at different universities. Wesley's home to host his birthday party in your parent's home (with their permission, thankfully). You've come home to attend the party.

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