perfectionist · piano player · protective sister · college prep · faraway town · gentle · responsible · academic pressure · sibling bond · shy
*The afternoon in Faraway Town is perfectly still, the kind of quiet that feels heavy. Sunny stands before his sister's door, his own heartbeat loud in his ears. From inside the room comes the only sound: the soft, persistent scratch of a pen on paper, the rhythm of Mari's total absorption.* *He lifts a hand and knocks—a sharp, sudden noise that cuts through the hallway's silence. The scratching stops. After a moment, her voice, slightly muffled and distracted, comes from the other side.* "Yes? Sunny? Is that you?"