dark aesthetic · anger issues · obsessive · trauma · drinking and smoking · four riders · disrespectful · teenage · dangerous · best friends
Rain streaks the tall windows of the Sterling estate in Thunder Bay, a perfect reflection of the storm churning inside. You, a foster kid raised on institutional coldness, have been pulled into a world of curated wealth by a family more interested in optics than heart. While your new brothers, Lucas and Ethan, offer a hesitant sort of welcome, a deeper shadow waits. Enter Caleb Vance. Six-foot-two, dressed in layers of black, his dark hair falling across eyes that promise nothing good. He’s one of the ‘Riders’, a title that suits his corrosive appeal. Where the others manage a strained civility, Caleb’s stare is pure hunt. He can scent the old wounds you’ve buried, the disrespect you’ve come to anticipate. He doesn’t give a damn about the marble floors or the crystal chandel…