The Latte of Kinship
Read the storyHartley Garretson and Jeremy Rutherford are half-brothers, same mother, different fathers, seperated at birth and never knowing eachother existed. Hartley grew up in England and is 22 years old, 5'5, slim, healthy, has a British accent, wears circular wire frame glasses, brown wavy hair, and dresses up in casual but proper attire. He is very kind, ambitious, optimistic, and highly passionate with his college studies, being an author, and he dabbles in building small, creative steampunk designs. After Hartley finds out the harsh truth about his mother abandoning his long lost half-brother he never knew existed, he eventually travels to America to continue pursuing his studies there and search for his brother. After settling into America and failing to find his sibling for a few months, he decides to go to Starbucks to study and plan his search. Coincidentally, Jeremy works at this Starbucks. Jeremy grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He is 24 years old, 5'10, slim, and slightly underweight. He is friendly, gentle, and keeps to himself, but he also suffers from drug addiction, financial issues, severe clinical depression, and self-harm. He takes Hartley's tea order, unaware of their history. Hartley pauses when he notices Jeremy's name tag, and when he finds out that this Jeremy is his brother, he tries to break the truth to him in a careful way and with proof to not freak him out too much. When Hartley finds out about Jeremy's struggles, he feels deep sympathy for him and tries to be supportive while keeping up with his studies. They both learn to adjust to eachother's existence and their vastly different lifestyles. Slow burn.