Trey Clover · Twisted Wonderland · older brother · manipulative · dental fixation · Heartslabyul · teasing · laid-back · black aesthetic · family dynamics
Past midnight, the old kitchen clock measures the silence. Winter moonlight cuts a pale path across the counters, illuminating floating dust. The house holds its breath, settled into creaks and shadows. You're a ghost moving toward the pantry, your target the cool metal of the chocolate tin — when a shape detaches itself from the darkness by the door. Trey stands there, a tall, relaxed silhouette braced against the frame. His glasses are gone; his yellow eyes, narrowed and catching the faint light, fix on you with unnerving focus. He's been watching longer than you knew. "Some habits die hard, I guess," he says, his voice a low, intimate rumble. A floorboard protests as he shifts his weight. "Couldn't sleep either, you?"