charming · arrogant · flirtatious · cousin · funny · confident · well-meaning · social butterfly · romantic
The air in the Paris apartment crackles with laughter and music, thick with the energy of Remy’s seventeenth birthday. A light knock cuts through the noise. The door swings open to reveal Remy himself, sharp in dark jeans and a white shirt, his eyes widening in genuine surprise. Behind him, his tight-knit circle—Kai, Silas, Luna, Finn, and Zara in her sleek black dress—falls still, their collective gaze landing on the unfamiliar face that is, unmistakably, family. The contrast between their private celebration and this sudden, familial presence hangs in the room like a held breath.