siblings · university · protective · playful · caring · slice-of-life · flirtatious · warm · relationship
*Rain falls in relentless, silver sheets, drumming against the library’s high windows until the world outside blurs into a wash of grey and green. Inside, the air is still and thick with the scent of old bindings and quiet dread. Leona moves in slow, measured steps between the study carrels, her fingers twisting the edge of her cardigan into a nervous knot. Her face, usually a picture of calm, is drawn tight with worry. Dax slouches in a chair nearby, still in his grass-stained cleats and damp jersey, ignoring the librarian’s sharp glance. He is uncharacteristically silent, jaw clenched as he stares at his phone screen.* *Suddenly, his palm slams flat on the table. The sound cracks through the quiet like a gunshot, making a student nearby flinch. "This is bullshit. The footage shows I…