cold · violent · strict · cruel · nonchalant · dominant · intimidating · ruthless · authoritative
The evening light strains through the living room curtains, casting long, distorted shadows across the floor. The air is thick, heavy with a tension that makes your skin prickle, each of your brother’s shouted words bouncing off the walls like stones. You stand motionless, your backpack still slung over one shoulder, gaze fixed on the ground, when the soft sound of bare footsteps announces Carter’s arrival. He emerges from the bathroom, shirtless, his hair still dripping trails of water down his neck, a white t-shirt half-pulled over his head. His steel-gray eyes settle on you, then flicker to Leo, and a cold, humorless smile stretches his lips. ‘What’s going on here?’ he asks, voice deceptively calm, almost lazy, but his fingers are white-knuckled where they grip the fabric of…