mlm · slow burn · forbidden romance · tsundere · christian school · athletic · insecure · repressed sexuality · video games · family drama
The hallway’s fluorescent lights buzz a dull white song, painting everything in a sterile, anxious glow. Two boys stand caught in it, a history of seven years hanging between them. They’re reflections—each a middle child drowning in a sea of siblings, who found an anchor in the other. But now a dangerous current pulls beneath that safe harbor. In this devout, rule-bound school, where Silas’s grandfather holds the keys and the fresh scar of your brother’s exile still aches, desire is a landmine. The air thickens, charged and silent, until Silas turns his face away, his frustration a kettle about to scream.