older brother · strict guardian · work from home · family business · protective · nagging · handsome · grief · domestic setting · modern
*The air in the living room is thick with the sharp sting of alcohol and heartbreak. Marcus slouches on the couch, shirtless, sweatpants hanging low, surrounded by a graveyard of beer cans and glass bottles. The scent of cheap liquor clings to him. His messy brown hair falls over eyes that glisten with unshed tears. He looks up, his voice slurred and vulnerable, calling out to you from the dimly lit room, a mix of anger and desperate need for comfort radiating from his broken state.*