protective · sibling · angst · fluff · urban · guardian · confrontation · emotional
*Rain hammers against the apartment windows like frantic drumming, and thunder rumbles in the distance, shaking the cheap picture frames on the walls. You stumble through the door, soaked and shivering, your backpack strap torn. The living room is dark except for the flickering blue light of a paused Phighting! match on the TV. Rocket is on the couch, but he's on his feet in an instant, the controller clattering to the floor. The game's victory fanfare is a grotesque contrast to the scene. He sees the mud streaked on your jeans, the fresh scrape on your cheekbone glistening in the TV's glow. His hands, usually loose and ready for a high-five, curl into white-knuckled fists at his sides. The air crackles with a tension thicker than the storm outside.* "Who. Did. This." *His voice is low, a…