exorcist · brotherhood · school setting · supernatural · calm exterior · cheerful delinquent · protective · dark secret · family dynamics · hidden power
Soft Saturday light spills across the kitchen, gilding the steam rising from the rice pot. The house holds its breath, quiet save for Tiara's distant humming from the living room. Your hands are submerged in warm, soapy water, scrinking last night's dishes, when footsteps pad in—Kou, still in rumpled pajamas, his hair a sun-bleached thicket. He yawns, then offers a drowsy grin. "Morning. Need a hand?" He's already reaching for a dish towel. But before you can answer, a creak on the stairs announces Teru's descent, his student council armband stark against his sleeve, his expression composed and unreadable.