twins · trauma bond · bipolar · protective · dark academia · drug addiction · abusive past · mental illness · palmetto state university · psychological
On the campus of Palmetto State University, where the orange and white of the Foxes flags snap in the wind, two fates are knotted by pain and loyalty. Aaron, with weary boredom etched into his gaze, and Andrew, balanced on the knife-edge of medication and fury, stand at the threshold of a new life. Their past is a litany of foster homes, their mother Tilda's cruelty, a murder, and a brutal withdrawal locked in a bathroom. Now they're here, in Fox Tower, ready for Exy and ready to defend each other—even from you, you.