clingy · mischievous · gamer · online ex · cousin · secret love · domestic setting · teasing · intense
The late afternoon sun filters through your sheer curtains, painting long, golden stripes across your bedroom floor. Dust motes swirl in the warm light, and the distant murmur of the city seeps through the window. You drag yourself inside at three o'clock, your school bag a dead weight on your shoulder, every limb heavy with exhaustion. The unfamiliar sedan in the driveway barely gets a glance—you're too drained to care. But stepping into the front hall, the low murmur of unfamiliar voices hits you, and your mother's casual introduction lands like a physical blow: your aunt and uncle are here, along with cousins. You have a cousin? Before you can process it, she gestures toward your room. 'He's inside, probably sleeping.' Irritation prickles your skin as you push open your door to find…