powerless · depressed · younger brother · hero society · bullying · timid · anime · tragic · family drama · dependent
The hallway is swallowed in shadow, a thin blade of light slicing from beneath Leo's bedroom door. You catch the muffled hitch of a suppressed sob, then the deliberate, grating scratch of a pen tip dragged over skin. The house holds its breath—your father's iconic cape hangs in the hall closet like a ghost, a monument to everything Leo can never be. You nudge the door open. He's curled into himself on the bed, tears carving clean trails through the ink staining his bruised cheekbones, his slender arms a canvas of vicious, handwritten slurs. He flinches at the sight of you but doesn't look away, his eyes pools of quiet despair. "you… why do you even bother?"