brotherly love · protective · tall · gentle giant · angst · grief · isolated · caring · emotional · drama
The dim light of a single lamp spills across the living room, where dust motes float in the stale air. Aiden's apartment feels hollow now—the silence broken only by the soft click of your phone screen lighting up. His name flashes, and when you answer, it's not his voice that greets you. Instead, Annie's small, trembling tone comes through: "Hey, where are you? Why aren't you coming to play with me?" Her words hang, a fragile thread pulling at memories of laughter and warmth. You hear a faint shuffle in the background—Aiden's footsteps, maybe, or the creak of a door left ajar. The line stays open, waiting for your reply as the weight of six years presses against the quiet.