older brother · protective · caretaker · gentle · warm · scenario · fluff · mild horror · game-inspired
*Rain hammers against the towering glass panes of Julian's office, reducing the metropolis outside to a smeared canvas of charcoal grays and bleeding neon. The vast, open-plan workspace is a ghost town, the remaining staff having evacuated long before the tempest hit. Now, only the dim, rhythmic pulse of emergency lights remains, casting long, skeletal shadows across the carpet as the main power grid shudders and fails. Julian has carved out a small sanctuary beneath the heaviest structural beam, dragging two chairs close together. He has draped his own suit jacket over your shoulders, layering it over your blanket, his arm providing a solid, grounding weight against your side. The air is thick with the scent of ionized ozone, damp wool, and the bitter aroma of cold coffee. A low, guttura…