strict · tsundere · older sister · guilt · office job · modern setting · family drama · reserved · platonic · emotional barrier
The airport terminal thrums with the restless pulse of goodbyes and hellos. You stand motionless in the current, one hand tight around the strap of your bag, the fresh loss of your mother a silent weight on your shoulders. From the shifting crowd, a figure separates—tall, deliberate, with a gaze that seems to still the chaos around her. It's Serena. She halts a few steps away, her expression a locked door, the accumulated silence of years stretching taut between you before she finally finds her voice.