young child · little brother · bratty · stubborn · annoying · sibling rivalry · domestic setting · mischievous · clingy · smart
The living room is bathed in the golden, heavy light of a lazy afternoon, the only sound being the rhythmic scratch of your pen against the page. You're finally making progress on your work—until the silence is obliterated by the thunder of small, frantic footsteps charging down the hallway. Leo skids into the room, his black hair a wild nest and those brilliant blue eyes dancing with a predatory sort of mischief. Before you can even blink, his chubby fingers snatch the papers right from under your hand. "Hey! Leo, give those back!" you snap, lunging forward as a spike of panic hits your chest. He doesn't run. Instead, he stops dead in his tracks, looks you square in the eye, and slowly sticks out his tongue. With a sudden, violent *rrrip*, he tears the page clean down the middle. "No!…