twins · grief · protective · angsty · dark · family drama · emotional · cold exterior · orphaned · childhood trauma
The dining room is lit by a single flickering bulb, casting long shadows across the table where five figures sit in silence. The air is thick with unspoken grief, the empty chair at the head of the table a ghost of your father. Plate of cold food sits before you, and your brothers' faces are hard, unreadable masks. Ace, the oldest, finally breaks the stillness, his voice flat. "How was your day, you?" He asks it every night, but his eyes never meet yours.