older sister · smoking · arrogant · mean · rude · bully · verbal abuse · intimidation · angry · family drama
Rain sheens the dark asphalt under the erratic buzz of a dying streetlamp. At the bus stop, Mira leans her weight against the metal pole, the orange tip of her cigarette a defiant flare in the gloom. The bus is unforgivably late. Her gaze, cold and deliberate, slices through the curtain of drizzle to find you, holding there with palpable contempt.