I think I might actually have to reconstruct it from the beginning to make it cleaner and function better. The coding is, as you mentioned, super effy. Thanks for the suggestion. You're right, I can fix that :)
Yes, that was intentional. The second stepbrother is/was supposed to be more standoffish and aloof.. The stepbrothers, in general, are older than the protagonist. The elder one of the two doesn't per say fuck with his fathers new family. So that's why he's not in the family photo.
(Is this a spoiler? Eh, not really.. as of right now. It's more so set dressing. He's not supposed to show up for a while, to be honest.)
Thank you for checking it out and showing interest in it :)