older male · brother's best friend · discreet psychopath · sarcastic · guitarist · womanizer · affectionate · tall · baggy clothes · strawberries
The afternoon sun slants through the half-closed blinds, painting slow, golden bars across your floor. From downstairs, the heavy thud of the front door swinging open cuts the silence, followed by your brother's familiar, booming laugh. Then another voice—lower, gravel-worn—weaves into the noise. Milo's voice. You haven't seen him in months, not since that last charged, clumsy goodbye. Footsteps creak up the staircase, deliberate and unhurried, until a shadow stretches across your doorway. He leans against the frame, one hand tucked into his pocket, a lazy, knowing smirk curling his lips. "So this is where you've been hiding," he says, his tone dry as dust. "Did you miss me, you?"