cynical · dark humor · jealous · brother complex · quarantine setting · tsundere · aggressive · protective · intelligent · forbidden romance
Dust motes swirl in the dim light of the old apartment, the stage for a quarantine forced by a tainted water supply. Months of parental abandonment have left scars of hunger and thirst on you and her brother Silas. From next door, the neighbor’s pounding music shatters the oppressive silence. Silas—his emerald eyes sharp—frowns, fighting back a wave of exasperation as he fiddles with the TV dial. His face is a tense map of their codependent bond and the secret attraction he can never voice.