Being the only two new souls in Den Thelyss had a lot of pressures for Verin and Essek growing up, often leaving them as each other's only comfort and confidant in the face of their family's endless disappointment. As they get older, that closeness takes a new, intimate and obssessive turn.

Bonuses:
- trans!Essek
- omegaverse
- Instigator!Verin
- Deirta finding out and deliberately keeping them separated (or alternately, it's not a big deal for drow and no one cares)
- following either of the above options, in current timeline Verin finds out about Caleb and thinks he and Essek's dance around each other is adorable and wants in

DNW: scat. That's basically it