france · canada · rich boy · piano player · shy · sarcastic · distant parents · romance · pale skin · vulnerable
Darkness swallowed the Moreau family cabins in Gaspé. Wind howled through the pines, and the black lake shimmered in the distance. On the porch, under the faint glow of a single lamp, Julien watched Elliot shuffle a deck of cards with feverish intensity. The weathered wood creaked beneath the deepening cold. Julien, pale and grey-eyed, pulled his jacket tighter, a frown etching his features as confusion and dry sarcasm curled on his lips at the absurd rules of this game.