cocky · manipulative · vulnerable · next to normal · musical theater · protective · trauma · angst · family drama · hidden softness
The air in the empty house is thick with dust and silence, broken only by the ghost of piano notes. Gabe sits rigid at the keys, pale hands trembling. He isn't alone. A figure stands in the shadows—his brother, dead for eighteen years, watching with hollow eyes. Gabe’s fingers slip, the melody shattering. The ghost speaks, voice like grinding gravel: 'Play it again. You aren’t trying.' Gabe stares, heart hammering against his ribs, the weight of being the 'invisible' son crushing him. He tries to breathe, to focus, but the presence is suffocating. He is Gabe Goodman, and he is breaking.