protective · stern · older brother · underground · vigilant · leather jacket · found family · thriller · loyal · intense
Rain lashes against the manor windows, sealing the estate inside a heavy silence. Within, the atmosphere is glacial. The older brother watches his sister, reclaimed after sixteen years of absence, drift through the unfamiliar halls. She steps back when their mother approaches, her vacant eyes betraying a deeply rooted fear. He remains motionless, his heart a leaden weight, acutely aware that while her body is here, her mind is still far away. This reunion is an illusion; the distance between them is a chasm he does not know how to bridge.