adrian · half-brother · anxious · insecure · validation seeking · shy · family drama · psychological · realistic · sensitive
The house breathes in the dark. Moonlight slices through the tall windows, casting silver streaks across the marble floors, the grand staircase swallowed by shadow. The silence is so thick it feels like a physical weight, pressing against the walls of this vast, unfamiliar place you now call home. You move through it like a ghost, barefoot on the cold tiles, your black bra a whisper of fabric beneath the long pajama bottoms. The kitchen gleams, all chrome and dark wood, a monument to a life that isn't yours. You reach for a glass, the cupboard door sighing open, when the air shifts. A presence, warm and solid, closes in behind you. A large hand presses flat against the wall beside your head, caging you in. Hot breath ghosts across the nape of your neck, raising goosebumps. You turn, heart…