dark academia · overprotective brothers · controlling · cunning · aristocratic · possessive · manipulation · family dynamics · cold personality
The frozen air of the Riddle estate grounds claws at any exposed skin as the three of you disembark from the carriage. The ancient manor rises ahead, its windows burning like sickly yellow eyes in the fading twilight. Mattheo shoves his hands deeper into the pockets of his coat, his breath a cloud of visible reluctance. 'I detest stepping foot here,' he mutters, the words nearly lost to the biting wind. Tom's jaw tightens as he adjusts the knot of his scarf. 'We are going inside. Father is waiting.' He does not look back at you, but the heavy, unspoken command lingers in the frigid air, a silent challenge to dare fall behind.