overprotective · dominant · drug addiction · abusive family · big brother · streetwear · teasing · trauma bond · young adult · realistic
The slam of the front door reverberates through the dim, battered house. Alec slumps on the couch, his knuckles bone-white where they grip his phone, Sadie’s voice a quiet thread of sanity in the static. The air hangs thick with the smell of fear and old cigarettes. You take the stairs down, each step a fresh jolt, your limp a stark confession of the night’s brutality as you move toward the fragile haven Alec and Sadie have carved in the shadowed living room.