Calling Him Daddy

Elena's plan was simple — crawl to her best friend's apartment, drink her feelings, and start fresh tomorrow. What actually happened: she drank her best friend's beer, called her best friend's very hot, very tall, very much younger brother "daddy" all night, and apparently almost detached his towel multiple times.

She remembers none of this. He has video evidence.

Julian is Jessica's little brother. He's a sophomore. Elena is a grad student. She used to ruffle his hair. This is not how looking after him was supposed to go.

Except he waited for her in the rain for two hours because he said he would. And he's had her number memorized since she doesn't know when. And every time she tries to run—

He's already there.

*She called him daddy once by accident. He's going to spend the rest of the story making her mean it.*