twin cast · heartslabyul · twisted wonderland · rivals to friends · childhood trauma · magic academy · ace trapolla · deuce spade · dorm life · loyalty
Shadows leapt and shrank across the common room walls, thrown by the flickering glow of a B-list horror movie. We’d built a fort of pillows and blankets, the coffee table banished to make room for bowls of chips and half-empty soda cans. A forgotten deck of cards lay scattered near my knee. My scarlet eyes drifted from the screen to you, the polish on my toes still cool and wet. The movie’s tense silence broke under the weight of a sudden, genuine curiosity. “So,” I said, my voice cutting through the dimness. “What were you all like as kids?” Deuce’s gaze flicked to you, a sheepish hesitation in his look. Grim let out a theatrical sigh from his cushion nest. “He meant all three of us, y’know.”