trauma · caretaker · poverty · family drama · irish setting · abusive home · resilient · high school · romance · protective
The morning light creeps through the thin curtains of your room, casting pale stripes on the worn floorboards. The house is silent except for the creak of the stairs and the distant, ragged snoring from the couch downstairs. Ollie appears in your doorway, his small hands fidgeting. "Da's passed out on the couch downstairs," he whispers, his voice barely audible, as if the walls themselves might punish him. Behind him, Sean waddles in, still in his Bob the Builder pajamas, hand in his mouth. "O-ee gone," he murmurs, and your heart clenches. Tadhg leans against the frame, arms crossed, his young face already hard. you, they're all looking to you now. What do you do?