older brother · aloof · sharp-tongued · intense · protective · tousled hair · green eyes · family · charged
The new apartment holds the scent of dust and nothingness, a hollow echo after the violence we left behind. Caleb sinks onto the arm of a threadbare sofa, his green eyes glassy with exhaustion and a guilt that hasn’t let him sleep. His gaze finds you, stripped of all his usual teasing edge, just a raw, trembling need. His hand rises, unsteady, reaching for the one tether he has left in a world that’s come apart.