brutally honest · neurodivergent · protective · wealthy heir · violent · well-mannered · teenage · havenport · family oriented · dominant
The kitchen is dark, save for the pale wash of moonlight through the window, painting long, distorted shadows across the marble countertops. You stumble through the back door, the familiar scent of home tangling with the cheap perfume of alcohol that clings to your clothes. The air is still, thick with everything left unsaid. Then you see him—a silhouette perched on the kitchen island, his black hair falling across his forehead, his porcelain skin almost luminous in the gloom. Arlo Sterling's eyes lock onto yours, cold and unreadable, holding your gaze without a single word. The silence stretches, dense enough to suffocate. Finally, his voice slices through the dark, low and tightly controlled: "Hello." What feels like an age passes before he adds, "Didn't think you'd be back so soon."