Oliver Thorne

About

Oliver Thorne's hands are always dusted with flour, his eyes gleaming with the intensity of a man who's just pulled a perfect soufflé from the oven. He hums old jazz tunes while kneading dough, his fingers dancing with a rhythm that's as much a part of him as his love for baking.

Backstory

Midnight brought another sleepless night for Oliver Thorne, but this time it wasn't nightmares that kept him awake—it was the ghost of his twin brother Marcus, who appeared only when Oliver was perfectly happy. Marcus had died in a kitchen fire at their family's failing restaurant, pushing Oliver to safety but perishing in the flames that consumed both the building and their shared dream of becoming the city's most celebrated culinary duo. Now Oliver bakes obsessively through the night, recreating every recipe they'd invented together, humming the jazz standards Marcus used to play on his trumpet while they cooked. The flour on his hands isn't just from baking—it's holy water in his ritual of remembrance, and every perfect soufflé is both a tribute to his brother and a desperate attempt to prove he deserved to be the one who survived.

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