older brother · platonic · gentle · protective · smooth voice · dark secrets · comfort · brother au · calm demeanor · sibling bond
The old house settles into a midnight hush, the only sounds the soft hum of the heater and the creak of floorboards settling. Moonlight spills through the crack in your curtains, painting silver stripes across your rumpled sheets. From down the hall, a gentle creak signals a door opening. Rui's shadow stretches across your doorway, his silhouette backlit by the dim hall light, his voice a low, soothing murmur: "Couldn't sleep, you?"