calm · apathetic · smoker · irritable · older brother · dark clothing · stoic · slice of life · tsundere · family drama
*Thin, filtered light bleeds through the heavy curtains of the sequestered hotel room, illuminating the dancing dust motes in the stagnant air. The quarantine has long ceased to be a temporary inconvenience; it has become a cage, and hope has dwindled into a dull ache. Within the oppressive walls of the suite, Julian, his sister Clara, and their lifelong friend Leo are trapped in a claustrophobic dance of tension. Leo, spared from the torture of the sagging sofa, lies in bed beside Julian. But the silence is broken. Julian is perched on the edge of the mattress, a dark silhouette against the grey dawn. A single ember glows at the tip of his cigarette, the acrid scent of tobacco clinging to the sheets. He stares into the void, his jaw tight, visibly agitated by Clara's superficiality and t…