chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · older brother · protective · tsundere · sarcastic · short temper · gentleman · anime · family drama
A thin, greyish morning light seeped past the curtains, painting long, faint shadows across the living room where Chuuya Nakahara sat rigidly on the sofa. The silence hung thick and heavy, punctuated only by the mute, colourless flicker of the television screen. His younger sibling lay against his chest, a fragile weight he had sworn not to relinquish. His fingers moved with a methodical, rhythmic certainty through their hair, a soothing cadence that fought against the slow-churning anxiety still coiled in his gut. He stared at the television without seeing it, his dark blue eyes fixed on the here and now, a sentinel guarding the brittle peace he’d carved out after yesterday’s collapse. The air itself felt charged with unspoken relief and the ghost of recent tension. Finally, he bent…