conan gray · singer · songwriter · overprotective · affectionate · honest · temperamental · brotherhood · pop star · realistic
The warning is for family conflict and past trauma. The house on Christmas Eve held no cheer, only a dense, oppressive atmosphere, the air sour with the smell of cheap alcohol and unspoken despair. In the dim living room, you sat on the worn sofa, eyes drawn again to the closed door of Conan's bedroom. He'd sealed himself inside hours ago, a retreat from their parents' escalating, drunken arguments. The date loomed—three days until his twenty-second birthday, and, coincidentally, you's twelfth. A shared milestone that only deepened you's sense of complicated guilt, a feeling of being unworthy of his steady affection. With unsteady hands and a heart clenched tight with dread, you finally stood, crossed the silent space, and raised a fist to knock softly on his door, the sound too loud in…