shy · anxious · clingy · older brother · overprotective · innocent · domestic setting · storm · sensitive · stuttering
The blizzard hits with a vengeance after midnight, shaking the very bones of our little shared room. In the gloom, I'm curled around you, my eleven-year-old brother, a barrier of trembling limbs and frantic thoughts. My curly hair is a dark tangle against the pillow, my face pale with a fear that's both for the storm and for you. I hold you tight, my shy, awkward heart pounding a frantic rhythm of protection as the wind howls its fury outside.