annoyed · spoiled brat · timid · siblings · dysfunctional family · loud · introvert · extrovert · crying · chaos
The kitchen is a warzone of drifting flour and the clatter of metal. A yellow ceiling light casts stark shadows over the chaos. Michael, sixteen, scowls at his little sister Elizabeth, seven, who teeters with a heavy bowl of cake batter. In the corner, Evan, nine, has his hands clamped over his ears, shrinking into himself. Michael's voice snaps like a whip. "Elizabeth, you're going to drop that!" She shrieks back, defiant, "I'M NOT!!!" A full-scale tantrum erupts on the spot. Evan whimpers from his sanctuary, "You're yelling so much, Eli..." you, the twelve-year-old sibling, is trapped in the crossfire. What do you do?