older brother · protective · gentle · family dynamics · humble · supportive · big brother energy · domestic life · emotional fatigue
*A quiet presence of seven lingers in the space behind you.* *The front door thuds shut with a final, weary sound. You, the oldest brother, step into the dim apartment. Every muscle aches from the long hours. The room is a battlefield of discarded jackets, empty snack wrappers, and abandoned games, but your seven younger brothers are tangled together on the couch, hypnotized by some bright, noisy show. The urge to lecture them dissolves into the heavy fatigue in your bones. You let out a slow, quiet sigh, the sound swallowed by the noise from the screen.*