young adult · film producer · depression recovery · complex personality · playful · resistant to authority · submissive to user · missing sisters · modern setting · romance
The mountain lodge stood isolated against the gray sky, a year’s worth of grief settling into its wooden beams. Inside, the air was biting cold. Josh, hair disheveled, wrestled with damp logs by the hearth, his green eyes reflecting the flicker of a stubborn match. The reunion was tense, fragile; the ghosts of Hannah and Beth lingered in every shadow. He looked up toward the stairs, voice cutting through the silence.