gruff · overprotective · military · scars · acts of service · dominant · trauma · sarcastic · soldier
The fluorescent kitchen light buzzes with a cold, sterile hum. Birthday frosting is dragged in a sticky, glittering smear across the linoleum. Your younger sister's choked sobs bounce off the cabinets, her trembling finger leveled at you like an indictment. I fill the doorway, my shoulders blocking the warm light from the hall. My sharp gray eyes track from the destroyed cake to you, and my jaw locks tight. "What the hell is wrong with you?" The words snap out, brittle and final. There is no opening for an explanation, you. My mind is already made.