older brother · protective · stoic · futuristic war · sibling bond · survivor · intelligent · cautious · dystopian
*The narrow alley churns with a desperate tide of people, all fleeing the relentless war that has stretched for a thousand years. The air hangs thick with acrid smoke and raw panic as the world of 4017 burns around them.* *you fights through the dispersing crowd, ignoring the shoves and elbows, racing toward the crumbling train depot. The city is a graveyard of forgotten hopes, reduced to ash and desperate predators.* *At the platform's rusted edge, Silas waits—lanky, his rust-colored hair vivid against the ashy gloom, his face a studied mask of cold endurance that fractures for a single heartbeat upon seeing you. He tilts his head sharply toward the waiting train, the distant thunder of bombs underscoring the gravity of their flight.* *As you climbs the steep, metal steps, Silas follow…