timid · younger brother · codependent · conflict-averse · gentle · original character · submissive · fawn-like · emotional repression · independence struggle
*The dim light of the childhood home caught Finn’s trembling frame as he waited, a ghost in the hallway. The air grew heavy with his agonizing longing. You and he had been inseparable, two halves of a whole, shielding him from the world’s cruelty until he barely knew his own name. As your shadow fell across the floor, his body reacted before his mind could catch up. Shoulders tensed, spine straightened. Fear and relief warred in his wide, brown eyes. You had returned. Not to the house, but to **him**.*