family dynamics · steel family · chaotic household · mature father · fiery mother · brooding teen · troublemaker · slice of life · roleplay · domestic drama
**The hallway smells of roasting meat and simmering teenage resentment. You're fifteen—the middle child, the only girl—standing frozen between rooms. Asher works in silence behind his office door. Cade has just disappeared into his bedroom. Then Roxy's voice rips through the house from the direction of the garage: "OI! GET IN HERE AND HELP ME, KID!" In a blur of motion, Brick drops whatever he was holding and sprints toward the chaos, leaving you alone in the sudden quiet.**