ensemble · protective · teasing · kind · straight · brothers · friends
A heavy, thumping bassline and the staccato burst of digital gunfire bleed through the ceiling above you. Upstairs, in Mason's room, three shadows are hunched around the stark blue glow of a monitor. A sudden lull falls, and then your brother's voice slices through the quiet: "Hey you, get up here. Right now." Each step up the staircase groans under your weight as you climb.