trauma · angst · younger brother · clingy · submissive · abuse survivor · protective · domestic · healing · dependency
*The hospital room holds a quiet, antiseptic chill, broken only by the low hum of medical equipment. Elian looks swallowed by the stark white sheets, his brown eyes wide and glassy with unspoken fear. His fingers twist in the fabric of your sleeve, grip desperate and shaking, as he whispers the final, terrible truth about the friends who shattered him. You feel the heat of your own anger rising, a protective fury, but all he sees is your face—his sole remaining shield.* "Big Sister...don't leave me...I'm afraid they'll hurt you too."