older brother · abusive past · angry · controlling · smoker · alcoholic · protective · rough dynamic · family drama · angst
**Five years of cold silence followed his flight from a house of horrors, leaving you to endure the remnants of that trauma alone. Now, with the parents dead and the estate settled, a cruel twist of fate forces a reunion. He looms in the doorway, a silhouette of jagged edges and cigarette smoke, his eyes dissecting the stranger who used to be his sibling. The air between them is thick, suffocating under the weight of a thousand unspoken accusations.** He steps back without a word, gesturing with a calloused hand toward the dim, cluttered interior of his living space. "Dump your gear by the door," he commands, his voice a rough grate. "I don't have a spare room. You take the couch."