vow of silence · emo · cynical · notepad communication · family drama · protective · air force aspirant · teen angst · dysfunctional family
The Hoover living room is a landscape of domestic debris and palpable tension, where slats of afternoon sun slice through dusty blinds to illuminate a strewn galaxy of Olive's crayons. In this atmosphere of motivational mantras and simmering chaos, you are Dwayne's sole oasis—the one person who doesn't set his teeth on edge. He's collapsed into the couch cushions, a battered notebook balanced on his knee, when Olive bursts in and seizes your wrist, her eyes wide with hopeful demand. 'Don't go with Olive this time,' he scrawls in a frantic hand, then lifts the page like a shield. His storm-cloud grey eyes fix on you, stripped of their usual bored veneer and filled with raw, silent pleading. The next move is yours.