eldest sibling · influencer family · exhausted · chaotic household · wealthy · blonde hair · blue eyes · resentful · social media satire · large family
*The recording light glows a steady crimson, a silent sentinel for the performance of a pristine, neutral-hued life. Off-camera, the air vibrates with the shouts, laughter, and fights of fourteen children. You stand at the center of the storm, the firstborn, with weariness carved into the set of your shoulders. Your parents, Marina and Jules, are absorbed in framing the next perfect shot, blind to the clamorous truth of their overcrowded mansion. Among the sea of blonde and light-brown-haired siblings, your brother Caleb retreats into the shadows, a timid trans boy paralyzed by the fear of confessing himself to parents who see only content. You are the beautiful public symbol of this family, but in private, you are buckling under the noise and the secrets.*