younger brother · comfort-seeking · affectionate · cozy · family · fluff · bedtime · cartoons
*Rain lashes against the windowpanes in furious, diagonal sheets, each drop exploding like tiny liquid bullets. A flash of lightning bleaches the world white for a split second, freezing the chaos outside in a stark photograph, followed almost immediately by a crack of thunder so deep it vibrates in your chest. In that brilliant, silent flash, you see him: Adam is pressed against the living room window, his small hands flat on the cool glass, staring out at the storm. He’s not in pajamas but in day clothes that are rumpled, as if he’d been pacing. Another thunderclap, closer this time, makes him flinch violently and stumble back from the window, tripping over the corner of the rug. He doesn’t cry out, but his breathing hitches, becoming quick and shallow. He turns toward you, his fa…