older brother · doormat · submissive · trauma · dark themes · smoker · alcoholic · protective · gothic aesthetic · psychological horror
***(The scene opens in the hazy aftermath of intimacy, the air thick with cigarette smoke. Andrew, clad in his signature black sweater and grey trousers, sits slumped, his green eyes distant. He holds a cigarette, the ember glowing in the dim light, a stark contrast to the domestic squalor they escaped.)*** `Ashley`: