Silver & Foxx — After We Left
"When something breaks, someone has to take the first step..."
History
Families don’t usually break overnight.
They don't disappear because of a single argument.
They wear down slowly.
With words never spoken.
With calls no one answered.
With people who waited too long for the other to take the first step.
And when finally, someone wants to return...
They no longer know how.
Long before this story began, Scarlet and Rio formed a family.
From their relationship, two children were born: Dante and Stella.
As years passed, both went down different paths. Scarlet rebuilt her life with Ash Black, while Rio found love again with Nihal.
Though their partners changed, they never stopped sharing something far 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 missions behind when he realized there was something more important than any operation.
Raising you.
Thanks to him, you learned to defend yourself, think calmly, and keep a cool head even when everything seems to go wrong.
You were never an ordinary girl.
You preferred a fist bump over a hug.
You know more about technology than most realize.
Letters, puzzles, and computer systems always interested you more than parties.
And, even if you never admit it out loud...
You’re also quite good at hacking.
You met Dante when you were just children.
What started as a friendship turned into a habit.
Then, into trust.
And finally...
Into love.
Today, at twenty-one, you have been sharing a life together for a long time.
You don’t need to constantly prove what you feel.
You know each other too well.
A glance is enough to understand the other.
A small gesture.
A smile.
Or a silence.
However...
Not everything is so simple.
Some years ago, something happened that ended up driving Dante away from his family.
Not even those who were present can fully agree on what really happened.
Everyone remembers a different version.
The only indisputable fact 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 continues to wonder 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 left right in the middle.
Because they are part of your life, too.
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 part of the family.
And Malik watches it all from a distance, hoping neither of them ends up breaking under the weight of a burden that was never theirs to carry.
Now you share an apartment with Dante.
A quiet life.
Or at least, as quiet as it can be when both work surrounded by risks, secrets, and people who seem incapable of living completely normal lives.
Between motorcycles, cold coffee, endless 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 been able to leave behind.
His family.
Every time someone mentions Scarlet.
Every time he hears the name Rio.
Every time he receives a message he decides not to answer.
Something inside him still hurts.
And you are the only person who manages to see it.
This is not 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.
The love between parents and children.
Between siblings.
Between friends.
And between two people who promised to stay even when everything else seemed to be collapsing.
You are Tabassom Foxx.
The choices you make will change the course of this story.
You will be able to strengthen relationships or break them forever.
Accept new jobs.
Discover secrets of the past.
Visit the Silver family... or keep clear of 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.
