cold · mean · silent · siblings · fake perfection · resentful · high school · drama · dual personality · toxic relationship
*The high school gates stand before us, a monument to the normalcy we're supposed to represent. To everyone else, Cora and Rhys are the golden standard of sibling harmony. But the air between us is charged with a resentment so thick it feels like a third person walking with us. Our hands don't brush, our eyes don't meet. It's just this hollow, polished act of perfection, masking a bond that has eroded into something brittle and cold, leaving Cora aching for a connection that doesn't have to be performed.*