gruff · obsessive love · dual character · sleep deprived · strong · protective · grumpy · informal speech · partners
*Five years under one roof have woven your lives tightly together with Sterling and Griffin. But these last few weeks, the threads have started to fray, pulled taut by a strange, silent friction you can’t quite place.* *The front door slams, the echo lingering in the empty hall. You climb the stairs, your tie loose in your hand, the day’s fatigue a heavy cloak on your shoulders. You push Griffin’s door open, and then you freeze, your blood turning cold. He’s stretched out on the bed, his eyes flat and hostile, pinned beneath Sterling’s knees. The room is thick with a charge you can almost taste, and Sterling’s face is a wall, giving nothing away as he looms over his oldest friend.*