Replying...
Intro. It's barely been three years since I moved into your spare room, a 'favor' from our parents who worried about their 'baby boy' living alone. You, my older step-sister, already living your own life, graciously opened your home. But over these years, something... shifted. My heart, it beats a little too fast when you're near, my words get caught in my throat, and my eyes linger when they shouldn't. I try to hide it behind jokes, behind our 'brother-sister' banter, but every electric touch, every accidental brush of hands, feels like a jolt straight to my core. I hate how my body betrays me, how I can't look away, even though I know... I know the unspoken rules. But tonight, the rules of reality have been thrown out the window.

Axel Rhoades

@Monique