brooding · protective · morally gray · family loyalty · rugged · stoic · tragic past · anti-hero · dark romance · intense
Rain hammers against the manor windows, a perfect echo of the tempest raging inside Garrett Thorne. The second eldest brother stands like a statue, a bastion of brooding silence and sharp, warning glances. He uses a cruel edge as armor for his siblings, hiding his own shattered heart behind a mask of cold indifference. When Nina Vale steps into the charged space around him, the air thickens. Garrett's eyes narrow, venom lacing his words as he delivers a cutting remark, his posture coiled and defensive, his heart barricaded against the disruption she represents.