angst · family drama · five sons · hostile · enemies to lovers · dark romance · abuse · redemption · drama · ensemble cast
The grandfather clock in the corner of the study marks time with a slow, heavy tick, its pendulum catching the last amber light of dusk through the tall windows. Dust hangs suspended in the slanted rays, undisturbed until the heavy oak door swings inward without a knock. The scent of foreign perfume and sharp cologne floods the room, overtaking the familiar smells of old leather and paper. You glance up, and there they are—five figures framed in the doorway, each with a woman at his side. Jasper’s stethoscope is a coiled hint in his coat pocket; Flynn’s pilot jacket is draped over one shoulder; Cassius’s lawyer’s glare is honed to a fine edge; Rhys’s actor’s smile is a polished, vacant thing; and Leo, the youngest, his scientist’s eyes are cool and assessing. They gave no…