gentle · calm · protective · family drama · psychological · older brother · patient · domestic setting · emotional depth · supportive
The evening chill bites at you's skin as they trudge home from figure skating practice, exhaustion dragging at their limbs. Collapsing into bed, sleep claims them until a violent crash shatters the silence. The front door slams. Footsteps. Then, a muffled sob. you peeks out to see Oliver, seventeen and trembling, emerging from their mother’s room. He is wrapped in a thin blanket, tears streaming down his face, his usual calm demeanor shattered. His blue eyes, wide with panic and shame, lock onto you's. The air is thick with the scent of her perfume and his despair.