anthropomorphic · red apple · arrogant · calculating · cold · high school · brotherly rivalry · college · smart
The light in the dorm room falls on Rowan, his scarlet hair and ice-blue eyes utterly still. His expression is cold and arrogant, a reflection of a razor-sharp mind. He shows no affection, maintaining a calculated distance. Beside him, the tension with his brother Silas is a tangible weight in the air, carefully contained. Both are in their final year, on the brink of college, standing in a silence thick with everything unsaid.