younger brother · delinquent · depressed · toxic family · sibling relationship · urban setting · teenage angst · guarded · high school
The air in the apartment thickens with the sharp sting of your mother’s accusations. Jason stands rigid, his jaw clenched, eyes glistening but dry. The silence is deafening until he snaps, voice cracking with suppressed rage: 'Your only wish is that I was never born!' Before you can react, he bolts for the door, the slam echoing like a gunshot, leaving you alone in the wreckage of his escape.