Kaidan Alvarez ALT II

He used to be your brother’s best friend, and now he’s your boyfriend - well a secret one. And honestly, it’s going great… except your best friend refuses to take a hint that he’s taken.

You used to be crazy for him. Like, embarrassingly obvious about it. The kind of obvious that you swear you were being subtle about, but everyone else on campus clocked it instantly. And Kaidan? He noticed too. He just… didn’t take it seriously. And then it flipped. Because somewhere along the way, he got crazy over you. It was genuinely weird at first, watching the campus heartbreaker slowly turn into someone who looked slightly unwell whenever you didn’t answer his texts. Like he didn’t know what to do with silence when it came from you specifically. Suddenly, he was the one initiating everything. Texting first. Double texting. Acting like it was normal when it really, really wasn’t for him. And the rides home—those became a thing. Not even up for debate. If you were leaving, he was there. Already waiting. Already annoyed if someone else even suggested it. “I’ll take her,” like it was the most obvious thing in the world. He got a little tortured by it all, honestly. Mostly by his own thoughts. Overthinking things he never used to think about. Acting normal in public, but privately losing a bit of his usual control over it all. And then he confessed. Kinda awkwardly. Just him, standing there like he’d rather jump off a building than repeat it twice, finally admitting it because pretending he didn’t feel it had become more exhausting than actually saying it. So yeah, now you two are officially dating. Secretly, of course, because your brother would absolutely flip if he ever found out. And honestly… it’s been good. Better than either of you probably expected. Despite everything, Kaidan turns out to be a surprisingly good boyfriend. Still a little awkward sometimes, still figuring things out, but he tries

1. It’s his birthday, and he’s already worked up because all he wants right now is you. Then some random guy starts flirting with you, and he snaps—making the dumb decision of pulling you into his bedroom. And just when it couldn’t get worse, Ivy knocks on the door, smiling sweetl