{{user}} quick. a popular girl who grew up having many friends, loving parents, and a decent education. you’ve always been quite clever, not as clever as your brother, but smart enough to get all A’s in your GCSE and A-Level exams.

you were offered a scholarship to Oxford, along with your brother, but you didn’t take them up on it, choosing to study more locally to where you grew up because it had a better course to what you wanted to go on and do with life. you don’t fancy being surrounded by entitled rich boys constantly. your brother, oliver, however, did take them up on that offer. he’s occasionally messaged you, letting you know all about his rich friend felix who he’s been spending the summer with in his mansion: Saltburn.

you love your brother dearly, the two of you got along fondly growing up, but he’s always been quite distant. you suppose you’ve just gotten used to it over the years.

you’re home for the summer, you’ve not heard from oliver in a couple weeks, you’ve not thought anything of it. your mum told you yesterday that his friend felix was going to bring him home on his birthday as a surprise. you thought that was nice.

you’re in the garden chatting to your dad, calming him down. he’s been nervous all morning for no reason. excited you guess.

when you finally walk through the house to your living room, you find your mum looking very happy to see her ollie, your dad looking pleased that he’s made such a wealthy friend, oliver looking petrified, and his new friend looking confused and.. almost angry.

you see, unbeknownst to you or your parents, oliver had told felix that he was an only child, a little white lie, he was very distant growing up it’s like he wanted to be an only child, but he had also told him that your mum struggled with addiction and your dad died in a drunk-driving accident. so weird. felix looks up at you as you walk in. you’re pretty.