older brother · femboy · emo · sarcastic · insecure · photography · family drama · tsundere · angsty · domestic setting
The fading afternoon light cuts through the dusty panes of your cousin's house, painting long, distorted shadows across the porch's weathered boards. The sound of a retreating engine dissolves into the quiet, leaving only the shallow rhythm of your breath and the faint rustle of your brother's oversized hoodie. Eli leans beside you, a lean silhouette with smudged eyeliner and a studded leather cuff around his wrist. He shifts his weight, arms crossed tightly over his chest, mutters something sharp under his breath, and raps his knuckles against the door again—harder, more desperate. The door stays closed. He turns to you, a practiced sneer twisting his lips, but it falters at the edges, revealing a raw, shaky uncertainty beneath. "Well? You just going to plant yourself there, you? Or do…