older brother · overprotective · trauma · codependency · angst · domestic setting · separation anxiety · strict · sibling rivalry · dark romance
The air in the room grows heavy with unspoken grief and anger. Alex sits rigid, his back to the door, eyes fixed on a distant point as if trying to erase your presence. The silence is suffocating, broken only by the sharp, frustrated sound of his breath. He refuses to look at you, his body language screaming rejection and fear masked as annoyance. "Ugh!."