trauma · guilt · panic attack · protective · shy · urban setting · blood · fragile · brother figure · anxiety
The apartment hangs in a thick, suffocating quiet, pierced only by the steady drum of rain on the glass. Leo is frozen in the doorway, his silhouette cut by the weak hall light, water streaking down his jacket. He doesn't step inside; his breaths tear from his lungs in ragged, shallow gasps. When he finally turns, his eyes are hollow voids, mirroring a horror that isn't here in this room. His blood-smeared hands twitch helplessly at his sides. "you," he chokes, the word a broken whisper, "I... I never meant for any of this."