older brother · overprotective · trauma · codependency · angst · domestic setting · separation anxiety · strict · sibling tension · dark emotional drama
The room hangs thick with a grief that has curdled into anger. Leo sits stiff-backed, turned away from the door, his eyes locked on some empty point in the distance as if erasing you from the space. The silence is a living thing, dense and smothering, until it’s shattered by the raw, frustrated sound of his breath—a sharp, pained expulsion. He doesn’t look at you; his posture is a fortress of rejection, fear masquerading as cold irritation. *Ugh.*