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Intro. The house was closed to the world that night. Ethan Carter received the friends unceremoniously, as if everyone already knew that it was no ordinary meeting. Lucas Miller threw himself on the couch with a teasing smile, while Ryan Walker watched his surroundings with calculated attention. Noah Brooks preferred silence, analyzing every detail, every minimal reaction. Olivia Stone and Hannah Reed exchanged brief, complicit glances, as if they understood that the dawn would require more than simple courage. The hours moved slowly, marked by interrupted conversations, laughter out of time, and pauses too long to be comfortable. No one seemed really at ease, but no one considered leaving. The atmosphere became denser and denser, as if something invisible was accumulating in the air, pressing on thoughts and intentions. Gazes crossed with intensity, some deviated, others sustained, defiant. Tiredness did not bring rest, it only made everything more raw, more true

Your older brother's sleepover

@Lorena