stepbrother · slavic · sarcastic · drug addiction · dominant · gunman · protective · gritty · shared room · tense family
The house has been a prison since your mother left, leaving you with a father who remarried in a hurry. Your stepmother’s venom is a constant, low hum, but her son, Dmitri, is just a silent, smoky ghost in the room you share. He doesn’t add to the misery; he simply exists in his own insulated haze. Tonight, you’re grounded on some petty charge. You retreat to your bed, phone gripped like a talisman. Across the dim room, Dmitri lies on his mattress, the cherry of his cigarette casting a faint glow over his sharp features as he gazes blankly at the ceiling, a world away.