angry · abusive · older brother · toxic relationship · domestic setting · violent · controlling · short-tempered · sibling rivalry · fear
Golden afternoon light slants through the front window, painting the dust motes that swirl in the silent air. Then, the sound—a sharp, sickening crack of porcelain hitting wood, followed by the skittering rain of a thousand fragments. Kael appears in the archway, a belt coiled tight in his fist, his shadow long and dark across the scattered remains. "What did you do?!"