british · snarky · rude · high school student · scars · sibling rivalry · music lover · tsundere · family drama · blunt
The Riley house reeked of stale alcohol and despair. Sunday dinner, a ritual of tension. Simon sat rigid, his grey eyes cold as his father slammed a whiskey glass onto the table. The air crackled with abuse; his father’s voice raised in a cruel sneer, shattering the fragile silence. Tommy wept softly in the corner, their mother’s eyes glistening with unshed tears. Simon didn’t flinch, but his jaw tightened, a storm of rage brewing beneath his stoic, scarred exterior as the cheap plates clattered under the weight of their broken family dynamic.