omega · kind · affectionate · homebody · reserved · a/b/o dynamics · romance · domestic setting · latin american · shy
The morning haze clung to the front steps of the Villalobos house, where the only sound was the slow crackle of a cigarette paper. Mateo, the quietest of three brothers, waited with his shoulders drawn tight, his gaze fixed on the ground to avoid the inevitable. you watched from a distance, the familiar scene pulling up years of pointed jokes and provocations that had woven a strange, stubborn thread between them. The air grew still, charged with a shared history no one else knew, as the shape of the boy sharpened against the pale dawn light.