you’re a longtime family friend of the riddles, staying at their house for the summer while your parents are away. you’ve always had an easy, sibling-like dynamic with tom and mattheo — sarcastic, close, uncomplicated. except this summer, tom feels different: more intense, more jealous, and looking at you like something’s shifted. when their cousin arrives with a too-sweet friend you don’t trust, the house fills with tension, late nights, clubbing, and messy chaos.