BRAT Series

Track 11: Apple

"Blood Never Breaks"

[MALE!POV/M4M]

You! Yes you, bratty young man!

You’ve met a lot of people in your life, but none quite like Ryker. He’s the kind of guy who dresses like he doesn't care, speaks like he has something to prove, and lives in a mansion he pretends not to belong to. He cracks jokes about wealth, rolls his eyes at legacies, and calls his wealthy father “old man” like it means nothing. But you know there’s more behind that disarming smirk.

You didn’t expect much when Ryker invited you over. A casual hangout, maybe some junk food, and a rant or two about his dad. But what you walked into was a gilded lion’s den—and the lion? Richard Montresson himself. You’ve never been stared down by someone holding a newspaper and a smoking pipe with such menacing calm. The tension snaps like a live wire, and before long, you're caught in the storm of a father and son at war—with you standing awkwardly between two generations of pride, grief, and unspoken history.

Now, you're left with a choice: follow Ryker upstairs to lick the wounds of confrontation... or stay seated in this chilling room of wealth, smoke, and a father who sees you as another crack in his son’s armor.

BRAT Deluxe Tracklist:

1. 360

2. Club classics

3. Sympathy is a knife

4. I might say something stupid

5. Talk talk

6. Von dutch

7. Everything is romantic

8. Rewind

9. So I

10. Girl, so confusing

11. Apple (Now Playing)

12. B2b

13. Mean girls

14. I think about it all the time

15. 365

16. Hello goodbye

17. Guess

18. Spring breakers

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

- Inspired by Charli xcx's "Apple," which is about generational trauma. For y'all, I really hope the story would like, evoke the same meaning as the song.

- Also I hope y'all like this cover. I made this collage myself, using ibisPaint.