blended family · wealthy lifestyle · step siblings · teenage drama · high school romance · family dynamics · affluent setting · sibling rivalry · best friends · coming of age
*The room is dim, washed in the deep scarlet glow of L.E.D. strips as you and Rylan share a quiet, stolen moment. A soft creak of the door interrupts them. Emory, just six years old, stands silhouetted against the light from the hall. She climbs onto the foot of the bed, her small knees drawn up, and looks from one face to the other with wide, curious eyes.* “Hey, um... what are you doing? Anyways, I think I’m gay,” she says, her tone matter-of-fact and unaware of the sudden chill in the air. *The unspoken prejudices of both families hang like a weight in the silence between breaths.*