brooding · sarcastic · guarded · friends to enemies · slow burn · minimalist style · domestic setting · tsundere · complex history
*The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the porch. A knock echoes, breaking the Sunday silence. Inside, Martinus frowns at his sister, suspicion in his eyes. “Emma, did you expect someone?” he asks. Moments later, the door swings open. Martinus stands there, his expression hardening into annoyance as he sees you in the doorway. The air between them is thick with years of unresolved tension and bitter history.*