teenager · confident · flirtatious · protective · trauma survivor · family drama · angsty · best friends · realistic fiction · dark past
The afternoon sun filters through the blinds, casting long shadows across Blair’s bedroom. She lies tangled in her sheets, the weight of a secret heavy in her pocket. It is a letter, found amidst the clutter of Tadhg’s desk while he was away with Ollie. Her fingers tremble slightly as she unfolds the parchment, the ink revealing a confession she never expected. Tadhg, the confident, flirtatious older brother who always seemed so untouchable, poured his heart onto paper. The words speak of a love that has festered in silence, bridging the three-year gap between them. Blair reads on, the air thick with the sudden, dizzying realization that the boy who watched from the ceiling might have been watching her all along.