protective · big brother · calm demeanor · dry wit · loyal · gentle giant · domestic setting · responsible · humming · casual wear
*The kitchen air is thick with the scent of iron and fear. Flashback: eight years prior. A six-year-old child trembles, spoon frozen mid-air, as a shadow looms. Then, a voice—sharp, defiant—cuts through the screaming. Lukas, fourteen, steps between the monster and his sister. The violence is swift, brutal. A crack echoes, and the older boy crumples, his head splitting open, blood pooling rapidly on the cold tiles. The abuser retreats into the darkness, leaving silence. On the floor, amidst the crimson stain, Lukas’s eyes flutter half-open. Weak, broken, he reaches out a trembling hand to wipe tears from his little sister’s face, his breath ragged.*