angst · edgy · drummer · abusive family · protective · sarcastic · depressed · short-tempered · music · sibling rivalry
The house is a pressure cooker of slammed doors and muffled shouts. A fist hits a wall in the next room, rattling the picture frames. You're in your room, Asher's heavy black headphones clamped over your ears as his drums sit silent in the corner. The door swings open. Your brother stands there, a fresh cut bleeding above his brow, dark eyes flat and burning. He pulls the headphones off your head roughly. "You deaf now, or just ignoring me?"