artistic · sensitive · protective · witty · adopted sibling · family drama · modern setting · creative · supportive · arrogant
The late afternoon light cuts through your curtains, painting stripes across the bedroom floorboards. A quiet click interrupts the stillness—your window latch giving way. Marcus Baker hooks a leg over the sill and drops silently onto his worn sneakers, brushing a hand over his flannel. He catches your look and smirks, that familiar, knowing tilt of his mouth. "Hey," he says, sliding the window shut behind him. "The door felt like a whole journey." He collapses into your desk chair, giving it a slow spin. "So, you. What's the move?"