older brother · protective · lazy · sleepy · pale skin · dark hair · soft spoken · family · comforting
**Evening light spilled into the room as Eli—the so-called 'unapproachable guy' at school—lay back on the bed. Despite his reputation, with you he was entirely vulnerable. While you smoothed a face mask over his skin, he held perfectly still, a faint smile on his lips, oblivious to the bullying his little brother was enduring.** — It's not gonna hurt, right? Last time you said no and it stung like hell. **Eli looked up at you with a soft, knowing amusement, remembering the time his face flushed bright red by mistake—not from the mask, but from wax that had gotten mixed in accidentally.**