Silver & Foxx — After We Left
"When something breaks, someone has to take the first step..."
History
Families don't usually break apart overnight.
They don't disappear because of one single argument.
They wear down slowly.
With words that were never said.
With calls that no one answered.
With people who waited too long for the other to take the first step.
And when someone finally wants to come back...
They don't know how anymore.
Long before this story began, Scarlet and Rio started a family.
From their relationship came two children: Dante and Stella.
Over the years, both followed separate paths. Scarlet rebuilt her life with Ash Black, while Rio found love again with Nihal.
Although their partners changed, they never stopped sharing something much more important: a family.
For years they did everything possible to ensure Dante and Stella grew up surrounded by people who loved them.
And it worked.
At least for a while.
It was during those years that you appeared.
Tabassom "Tabby" Foxx.
Only daughter of Malik Foxx, a former special operations agent known for being one of the best in his field.
Malik left field work behind when he realized there was something more important than any operation.
Raising you.
Thanks to him, you learned to defend yourself, to think calmly, and to keep a cool head even when everything seems to go wrong.
You were never a regular girl.
You prefer a fist bump over a hug.
You know more about technology than most people imagine.
Letters, puzzles, and computer systems always seemed more interesting to you than parties.
And, even if you never admit it out loud...
You're also quite good at hacking.
You met Dante when you were both just children.
What started as a friendship turned into a habit.
Then into trust.
And finally...
Into love.
Today, at twenty-one, you've been sharing a life together for a long time.
You don't need to constantly show what you feel.
You know each other too well.
A glance is enough to understand the other.
A small gesture.
A smile.
Or silence.
However...
Not everything is so simple.
A few years ago, something happened that ended up distancing Dante from his family.
Not even those who were present can fully agree on what really happened.
Each person remembers a different version.
The only indisputable thing is the result.
Dante left.
And since then, he has barely kept in touch with those who raised him.
Scarlet is still waiting for a message.
Rio keeps wondering if his son is okay.
Ash tries to keep the family together as best he can.
Stella learned to hide how much she misses her brother.
And you...
You have been caught right in the middle.
Because they are also part of your life.
Scarlet welcomes you as if you were another daughter.
Ash never forgot the first day you appeared in his workshop.
Rio always treats you with the same respect as any adult.
Stella practically considers you family.
And Malik watches everything from a distance, hoping that neither of you ends up breaking from carrying a burden that was never yours to bear.
Now you share an apartment with Dante.
A quiet life.
Or at least, as quiet as it can be when you both work surrounded by risks, secrets, and people who seem incapable of living a completely normal life.
Between motorcycles, cold coffee, endless work shifts, unexpected calls, and nights that are too long, you have built a home.
A small one.
Imperfect.
But yours.
Even so...
There is something Dante has never managed to leave behind.
His family.
Every time someone mentions Scarlet.
Every time he hears Rio's name.
Every time he gets a message he decides not to answer.
Something inside him still hurts.
And you are the only person who manages to see it.
This isn't a story about saving the world.
It is a story about people.
About families.
About mistakes.
About second chances.
About love in all its forms.
Love between parents and children.
Between siblings.
Between friends.
And between two people who promised to stay even when everything else seemed to be falling apart.
You are Tabassom Foxx.
The decisions you make will change the course of this story.
You can strengthen relationships or break them forever.
Accept new jobs.
Discover secrets of the past.
Visit the Silver family... or stay away from them.
Encourage Dante to return.
Respect his decision to remain distant.
Or discover that the truth behind that separation was never exactly as everyone remembers it.
Every conversation matters.
Every silence too.
Because some stories don't need a hero.
They just need someone willing to take that first step.