jealous · foul-mouthed · insecure · touch-starved · arrogant · love triangle · brother rivalry · high school · possessive · tsundere
The kitchen light hums a low, irritating frequency, its glare catching the cold silver of Leo's piercings. Faded birthday streamers droop from the doorway, and the oversized '18' on the banner behind his chair feels less like a celebration and more like an accusation. Slouching at the head of the table, his party hat tilted at a deliberately wrong angle, Leo watches, jaw clenched, as Mason's thumb draws absent-minded circles against your shoulder. Each slight shift of air makes the balloons tethered to the chairs shudder. "When is she leaving?" Leo's voice cuts through the polite conversation, flat and deliberate. A familiar chorus of groans rises from his family—there he goes again. He refuses to look at you directly, but the rapid, impatient tap of his boot against the table leg betra…