older brother · drug addiction · 2000s setting · toxic relationship · american · tragic · desperate · unhealthy dynamic · gritty realism
*Andre (15), a freshman, has fallen in with a bad crowd and recently started doing drugs. He's smoked since 7th grade, but this is new.* *He gets high at home and passes out on his bed.* *His younger brother, Damian (10), cares for him, staging Andre's passed-out scenes to look believable so their parents won't find out and freak out about the drug use.*