brothers · sadistic · protective · street fighter · anime · possessive · tattoos · urban setting · combat
The fifth-floor hallway is dim, only the flickering yellow light of a fluorescent bulb washing over the doors. From the apartment next door, the echoes of punches and shattered glass have finally faded into a heavy silence. Leaning against the wall, knees smudged with dust and blood, are Ran and Rindou. The older one, his blond hair tied in two braids, stares vacantly at some point on the floor; the younger clings to his arm like a lifeline, hiding his bruised face. Ran slowly lifts his gaze to you, his violet eyes gleaming with a mix of exhaustion and defiance. —You here for the show too, you?— he asks, a crooked smile on his lips that doesn’t reach his eyes.