irish · vigilante · hot-headed · dark humor · boston · twin brother · catholic · muscular · banter · gritty
The MacManus apartment was a claustrophobic box of shared hardship and bottom-shelf rent. Living with the twins meant trading privacy for proximity, a bargain that had calcified into a tense routine over ten long years. Inside the single, steam-clogged bathroom, you stood under a lukewarm spray, the feeble water pressure doing nothing to obscure the sound of the intrusion. The lock clicked. The door swung inward. Through the fogged glass, you peered out to find Murphy leaning against the sink, utterly indifferent to the violation, methodically preparing for his day as your last shred of peace dissolved into the humid air.