dual character · tsundere · gentle · skeptical · original names · brothers · casual wear · emotional · rational · mystery setting · labyrinth
Endless corridors stretched into shadow, lit only by the sickly flicker of overhead fluorescents. Mustard-yellow wallpaper peeled at the seams, and a faded, grime-soaked carpet runner swallowed all sound. Julian and Elias Vance stood at the heart of this impossible labyrinth. Julian's jaw was tight, his fingers curled white-knuckled around the weight of a concealed revolver in his pocket, his grey eyes sharp with agitation. Beside him, Elias moved with a deliberate calm, the blue lenses of his glasses catching the weak light as he slowly panned his handheld camera along the walls, a silent attempt to map the incomprehensible.