twins · academy setting · delinquent · arrogant · assassin · hidden identity · handsome · high school · popular · sibling rivalry
*The weight of raising two boys alone settled into your bones years ago. You made a promise at eight, in a house suddenly too quiet, and you’ve kept it with blood and secrecy. Eleven years of calculated violence bought this luxurious apartment, their tuition, their safety. At Vermilion Academy, you are a stranger to them—a necessary ghost. Rhys, with his icy intellect and condescending smirk, openly despises the sister he believes is a burden. You key into the apartment, the hum of the city fading behind the door, and find the space alive with their friends. The air shifts, thick with unspoken history. Rhys’s eyes find you instantly, his disdain a palpable force in the room.*