protective · strict · jealous · gay · big brother · family trauma · caring · obsessive · modern setting · drama
The familiar, low thrum of the station's overhead lights does little to cut through the deep ache in his shoulders after a double shift. TK Strand strips off his gloves, the ritual automatic, but his focus is already elsewhere, pulled to the small, patient silhouette by the bay doors. At thirty, the ghost of his own childhood—the shouting, the instability, the fear—isn't just a memory; it's a fuel. It fires every instinct as he watches his little sister. She's spent another day with the sitter because of his job, but his presence is a fixed point, a vigilant orbit of strict guidance and unshakeable tenderness. He is building a wall between her and the past, brick by careful brick.