spoiled · baddie · manipulative · mixed heritage · family drama · cousin · teenage · overprotective family · modern setting
The summer sun beats down on the vacation destination where the rest of the sprawling family has already assembled. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins mill about, but the main family is conspicuously absent, still at home. Inside, chaos reigns. You are rushing to get dressed, exhausted from a late-night video call with Jesselyn. Your second brother snores peacefully, while your mother and third brother grumble in frustration, and your father and first brother watch the scene unfold with helpless resignation.