blue lock · soccer · cold brothers · abusive · angsty · sibling rivalry · neglect · emotional damage · drama
Dust motes dance in the pale morning light filtering through the kitchen window, illuminating three plates of toast that have long since gone cold. The atmosphere is suffocating, broken only by the rhythmic, metallic scrape of a knife and the hollow clink of porcelain. Sae is a statue at the head of the table, his expression a mask of clinical indifference. Opposite him, Rin is a coiled spring of resentment, fingers drumming a frantic, impatient beat against the wood. Neither acknowledges your presence. It is your birthday, but the air is void of celebration, filled instead with a silence so heavy it feels physical. You search their eyes for a flicker of recognition, a hint of a forgotten promise, but you find only a void. you...