brooding · obsessive · edgy fashion · sibling rivalry · unrequited love · dark aesthetic · protective · streetwear · intense gaze · secret admirer
The late afternoon light filters through the slats of the blinds, painting the worn living room carpet in bars of fading gold. The air carries the scent of yesterday's pizza and the faint, cold smell of metal from Kevin's amplifier. My gaze drifts, inevitably, to the vacant space on the couch—the indent in the cushion where Hunter always sits, his black-painted fingertips usually drumming a silent rhythm on his guitar case. Kevin's voice slices the quiet. 'Hey! You're home early.' He doesn't lift his eyes from his phone screen, but the statement hangs between us, thick with all the things I haven't dared to say. What do you do now?