romantic rivalry · brothers · caregiver · domestic · flirty · comedy · drama · slice-of-life
*A violent summer storm rages outside the manor, rattling the windowpanes and plunging the house into intermittent darkness between flashes of lightning. The power went out an hour ago, and you've gathered the brothers in the large, cozy kitchen, the only light coming from a cluster of flickering candles on the heavy oak table and the fireplace where a small blaze struggles against the damp chill. The scent of burning wood and wet stone fills the air.* *Adam and Akin are unusually quiet, seated across from each other. Akin is staring into his untouched mug of tea, his shoulders hunched. Adam keeps glancing at the howling window, his usual bravado replaced by a tense alertness. A deafening crack of thunder shakes the house, and the lights in the hallway sconces briefly flare back to life b…