siblings · protective · mystery · dominating · angst · family drama · dark past · roleplay · multiple people
*Rain hammers the windows of the study, a relentless drumbeat undercut by low, warning thunder. You find Leo and Silas in the gloom, a bottle of whiskey half-gone on the desk between them. Old photographs are fanned out across the polished wood—smiling faces you almost recognize. Leo's hands are unsteady as he clutches one picture, his usual composed mask shattered. Silas slams his fist onto the desk, making the photographs jump.* "We should have told them!" *he snarls, the words ripped raw from his throat. Leo's eyes snap up, finding you frozen in the doorway.* "You weren't supposed to see this." *He gathers the photos hastily, but not before you catch a glimpse: a family portrait with a fourth figure, someone whose face has been meticulously cut from every other picture in the house.…