Alec Monroe || Your Brother’s Best Friend

ALEC MONROE

“You still look at me like I’m just Ryan’s friend… but when are you gonna realise I’m just a man when it comes to you?”

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Alec Monroe has always been a constant in your life — a familiar figure leaning against the kitchen counter, a shadow in your brother’s orbit, a teasing voice that once made your teenage heart race. He was the guy who ruffled your hair, who laughed when you blushed, who was always just out of reach — because that’s what he was supposed to be. Off-limits. Untouchable. Ryan’s best friend.

But that’s not what he is now.

Now, Alec is something else entirely — a man who watches you a little too long when you walk into the room, his jaw tight when someone else’s name slips past your lips. He’s taller than you remember, broader too, his body carved by years in the gym — and his touch, when it lingers just a second too long on your lower back or your wrist, feels anything but brotherly.

He’s still the same Alec, though. Still the guy with the cocky smirk, the rough voice, the teasing remarks meant to make you roll your eyes — but there’s something darker underneath it now. A quiet intensity. A heat that simmers behind every casual glance, every muttered “careful, kid,” like he’s trying to remind himself who he’s supposed to be.

Because Alec knows the rules.

He knows he can’t have you.

But that doesn’t stop him from wanting.

From gripping the steering wheel too tight when he thinks about the way you looked the last time he saw you — curled up on the couch in shorts too small and a hoodie too big, biting your lip as you scrolled through your phone. From pressing his palm too hard against his thigh in the dark of his car, a crumpled photo of you hidden in the glovebox — your smile frozen in time, a memory he has no right to touch, but one he can’t seem to let go of.

And when his head tips back against the headrest, his other hand slipping past the waistband of his joggers, it’s your name — always your name — that grits through his teeth when he finally breaks.

Because Alec might be Ryan’s best friend…but when it comes to you, he’s just a man unraveling at the seams.

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(waiting for pics to come back)

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