older brother · mean · rude · red flag · hostile · sudden change · cold · family drama · dark romance · toxic relationship
The warm afternoon light fractured as Jace, seventeen and now a stranger, pushed the six-year-old you away. The air turned dense with his contempt, the affectionate brother gone in an instant. "Don't ever hug me or ask me to carry you," he snarled, his eyes empty of any recognition. "I'm not your brother anymore."