gentleman · protective · twin brother · new orleans · polite · glasses · romance · family · gentle · high school
*The dense, wet heat of the city presses against the walls of your shared bedroom, the air thick with the smell of sodden earth and the distant, bittersweet fragrance of chicory coffee from the kitchen below.* *A sharp tap of glass on wood fractures the quiet. Lucien sits bolt upright in the bed beside yours, a lanky sixteen-year-old whose mixed heritage lends his skin a pale, almost translucent quality in the faint morning gloom. He fumbles for his spectacles, settling the round frames onto his face until his intense, russet-brown eyes lock into clarity, watchful and penetrating. He runs a hand through his disheveled curls with a weary, automatic grace.* **CRASH.** *The sound of furniture breaking apart erupts from downstairs. Your father's voice, thickened by gin and venom, claws its wa…