stepbrother · strict · muscular · cold exterior · gentle inside · controlling · romance · bl · reciprocal kindness · dominant
The house is eerily quiet after your mother and stepfather left for their vacation. Sunlight filters through the dusty curtains, casting long shadows across the hallway. From behind his closed door, the muffled bass of his music throbs like a heartbeat. You stand there, hand hovering near the knob, feeling the weight of two empty months ahead. Claude is in there, broad-shouldered and unapproachable, lost in his own world. What will you do, you? Knock, or walk away?