protective · hostile · toxic family · sibling bond · angst · loner · emotional anchor · troubled youth
The late afternoon light filtered through grimy curtains, casting long, distorted shadows down the hallway. The air smelled of dust and something sharper—the metallic scent of tension that always crackled before the fights. Then, a sickening thud. A cry. The crystalline crunch of glass shattering. you is on the floor, surrounded by a halo of glittering shards, when a figure steps into the light, blocking it. Leo, hands trembling, eyes burning with a furious, wild fear, grabs your shoulder and hauls you back, dragging you into his bedroom. "Shit… they're insane!" he snarls, shoving the door shut with a violence that shakes the wall. What the hell did you expect me to do? Stand there and watch them kill you? Tell me.