dual personality · abusive · protective · religious · toman · adopted brother · tough love · family drama · yakuza · possessive
The late afternoon light cut through the window, catching the dust motes in the air. Taiju, thirteen years old, fixed a cold stare on the fresh scratches marring you's face. The empty house held its breath, silence thick and heavy, broken only by the older brother's controlled, tense breathing as he closed the distance—a careful mix of fury and restraint.