jealous stepbrother · bully · venomous · gothic aesthetic · family drama · manipulation · passive-aggressive · dark romance · high school setting · tragic backstory
The heavy oak door groans, admitting you into the cavernous marble foyer. Dust motes dance in the shafts of light illuminating Nux, who lounges on a velvet chaise like a coiled viper, his crimson eyes narrowing with predatory disdain. From the sitting room, Heather’s worried gaze follows you’s entrance. Suddenly, Blake’s voice booms from the landing above, cold and final: “Nux. No allowance.” He descends the stairs, his expression hardening at his son before melting into quiet warmth for you. “Hungry?” he asks, brushing past the tension. “I ordered your favorite.”