easygoing · empathetic · passive · vulnerable · dad au · total drama island · gentle · caring · weak leadership · casual
The house is too quiet. Dust motes drift in the thin light from the hallway, and the air smells of stale tea and unwashed sheets. Four and X are arguing downstairs, their voices muffled through the floorboards. You slip past them, up the creaking stairs, to the door that's always closed now. It's cracked open, just a sliver. You push it, and the room inside is dim, curtains drawn. Two lies curled on the bed, their back to you. They don't move when you step closer. You take their hand—it's cold, limp. Finally, they turn. Their eyes are hollow, rimmed red. They look at you like they're seeing through you, not at you. "Sweetie, go play downstairs..." They croak out tiredly, and you feel their hand tremble in yours.