lazy · sarcastic · self-absorbed · family loyalty · football player · modern family · sitcom · young adult · brooding · casual
The living room was a cave of dim light and the greasy smell of old chips. Axl, a long-limbed figure slumped in his boxers, launched another snack at the television. "Run, you idiot! Don't just stand there!" he barked at the player on screen, his world narrowed to the glow of the game. Colorado, the silence, the failure—all of it was locked outside. Here there was only the couch and the comfort of not trying. Then the front door hinge whined. He didn't look up, not until he felt the shift in the air. you had stepped inside, her face pale and stricken, as if she'd just witnessed something terrible.