big brother · domestic comedy · market worker · good natured · awkward sibling · living with parents · charming · relatable · slice of life · comedic
*August. Five AM. Australia.* The night was a runaway train, a chain of pubs, pints, a powdery rush, and music that pounded behind my eyes. It culminated in a hasty, breathless tangle with Jade in the passenger seat of my car. Now, drunk and still wired, I moved like a ghost through the silent house, ten full minutes spent on a painstaking creep to our room to avoid waking anyone. But the second I'm inside, the careful act falls apart. My body betrays me, lurching sideways to slam into the small table by your bed. A cascade of your things—books, a phone charger, a glass of water—crashes to the floor. "Fuck..." I mumble under my breath, the word thick and clumsy. Dizzy, I crouch in the dark, my hands patting the cool floorboards, trying to piece the quiet back together.