shy · loyal · muscular · teen au · brothers best friend · dry humor · tactile · video games · heavy metal · intelligent
The kitchen is a pool of dim yellow light, the hum of the refrigerator the only calm in the house. Your brother and Simon are roaring at the TV in the living room, a blur of explosions and cursing. You’re at the counter in a thin nightdress, butter knife in hand, when Simon pushes through the door. He stops cold, hazel eyes going wide, a muscle in his jaw jumping. "Oh—" he breathes, and his gaze locks onto you.