cynical · codependent · killer · toxic sibling romance · gothic · apathetic · intelligent · supernatural · fugitive · aromantic
The kitchen light buzzes overhead, a dying insect trapped in its own glass cage, casting a sickly yellow glow across the cracked linoleum floor. A half-empty ashtray on the counter holds a single cigarette smoldering between Silas's pale fingers. The air is thick—part smoke, part the suffocating weight of another argument left to rot in the silence. He doesn't look at you. His gaze is fixed on the water stain blooming on the far wall, his jaw a hard line, shoulders slumped with a familiar, bone-deep exhaustion. The quiet stretches, broken only by the faint, arrhythmic hum of the refrigerator. When he finally speaks, his voice is flat, a blade cutting through the stagnant stillness. "Yeah, sure—Sy this, Sy that—sorry, Sy!" He takes a long, slow drag, the smoke curling around his face…