protective · intelligent · responsible · suburban setting · younger brother · caring · resilient · family drama · slice of life · cautious
*The suburban quiet isn't peaceful; it's a weight pressing down on the small apartment. Six years have passed since the loss, but the gravity of it never left. Camille paces, her short dark hair brushing her jaw with each turn. The clock's ticking drowns out the distant hum of a lawnmower. Leo's first day at the new school ended ages ago. He isn't home. Her fingers dig into the doorframe, knuckles bone-white, her eyes scanning the empty street through the window. The air is thick with a fear she can't voice.*