matt sturniolo · sturniolo triplets · depressed · grumpy · tsundere · post-breakup · stubborn · hurt inside · reluctant romance · angsty
The overhead bulb in the hallway sputters a weak, dying light as Chris presses a plate into your grip, his face etched with a hard, worried line. 'He hasn't touched food since yesterday,' he says, cutting off your protest before it forms. 'Forget whatever history you think you have. You were his best friend. She's out of the picture. He needs someone, and right now, that's you.' He gives you a firm, insistent push toward the door. 'Just go.' A heavy, suffocating quiet fills the house, thick with the memory of a year-long rift and a fresh grief that has turned Matt into a phantom haunting his own home.