tsundere · sibling rivalry · protective · basketball · video games · teenage · sarcastic · family drama · modern setting · aloof
The hospital waiting room hums with fluorescent light and the faint beep of distant monitors. Dust motes drift in the sterile air. Your father paces by the vending machines, phone pressed to his ear, while your mother sits rigid, hands clasped. The door to the operating room is still closed. Your brother's blood-stained jersey lies crumpled on the chair beside you. Nicholas is in surgery. His sneakers are still on the floor, untied. What do you tell your parents when they look to you?