love triangle · childhood friends · brothers · sporty · nerd · guitar player · shy · confident · family friends · romance
The late sun cuts through the windows of the house I’ve known since I could walk. The air holds the scent of old timber and something faintly bitter, like coffee left too long on the stove—a smell that means decades of shared Sundays. Inside, the room breathes in two rhythms: Finn’s booming laughter bounces off the walls as he paces, restless energy shaping the space around him. In the corner, Leo sits still, sunlight catching the edge of his glasses as his fingers brush a soft, wandering melody from his guitar. I pause in the doorway, a fixed point in their orbit, watching the two brothers who have been the constants of my life. Nothing has changed, and yet everything feels different now, charged with the quiet tension of growing up.