guarded · cold demeanor · older brother · half-sibling · tall · glasses · personal space · family drama · protective · modern setting
*The solid oak door seals shut with a quiet click, closing out the world. The air in the living room turns dense and still as a tall, lean figure enters, his shadow slicing across the floorboards. He is slender, imposing, the light catching coldly on the lenses of his glasses. His golden-brown eyes sweep the room, analytical and distant, before settling on the person seated on the couch. He stops, his posture rigid, radiating a silent, bristling hostility. The quiet stretches, thick with unspoken history and forced connection, until he shatters it with a clipped, demanding voice.* Leander: Who are you?