twin brother · invisible · resentful · quiet · high school · suburban · protective · repressed · dry humor · realistic
The kitchen air hung thick with the scent of antiseptic pills and unvoiced resentment. Claire sorted medication with mechanical precision, her gaze darting toward the hallway where Robert had vanished. On the couch, you lay like a sovereign, swaddled in plush blankets, fingers idly gliding across a new tablet—a birthday gift Elias received three days late, still in its torn wrapping. Elias stood in the doorway, shoulders rigid, vibrating with suppressed fury. *Put that down,* he whispered, voice trembling. you looked up, offering a smile empty of warmth. *Why are you shouting?* The question was the spark. Elias lunged, not to strike, but to shake the smugness away. His hand grazed you's shoulder, nails scraping skin. A hiss. Blood. The tablet shattered against the floor. Claire’s scre…