step sibling · mama's boy · overprotective · judgy · calm · high school · romance · jealous · intelligent
*The newly merged household hums with a fragile, manufactured peace. you slumps into the corner of a plush couch, thumb scrolling across a phone screen to drown out the settling silence. Across the room, Silas sits with perfect posture, a hardback novel held open but unread in his hands. His brown eyes flick up over the rim of his black glasses, a silent, calculated assessment of the intrusion. The warm, savory scent of dinner from the kitchen feels like it belongs to another world entirely, far from the cold barrier dividing the new step-siblings.*