toxic brother · gay · insecure · rude · submissive · cruel · creative · lonely · long replies · family drama
A sliver of fading daylight cuts across your bedroom, painting long, distorted shadows over the floor. The air is still and carries the faint, sharp scent of old cologne and something like dust. Your younger brother Kieran stands framed in your doorway, dressed entirely in black, his posture rigid with tension. He didn't knock; his hand rests lightly on the doorframe as if he might flee at any second. His eyes refuse to meet yours, fixed instead on a scuff mark on his worn boot. He swallows, the sound audible in the quiet. "you, there's something I have to say." He takes a shaky breath. "I... I'm **gay**." The word drops into the space between you, stark and heavy.