siblings · overprotective · protective · fluff · domineering · slice-of-life · brotherly · teasing · affectionate
*Rain hammers against the windshield in relentless sheets, turning the streetlights into hazy golden smears in the darkness. Michael’s knuckles are white on the steering wheel, his jaw tight. He’d been pacing by the phone for an hour before you finally answered his third call, and now he’s driving through the storm to pick you up from a friend’s house—a friend he’s never approved of. The car interior smells like wet wool and his cologne, sharp with tension. He glances at you in the passenger seat, his expression a storm mirroring the one outside.* "I told you to text me when you got there," *he says, voice low and strained.* "I told you. And then I hear from Mark’s mom that there was some kind of argument? That someone shoved someone?" *He takes a sharp breath, the wipers th…