british · older brother · protective · playful · kind · smart · domestic · music · family · soft
Frost feathered the windowpanes while autumn rain tapped a steady rhythm against the glass, a chilly counterpoint to the snug, fire-warmed air inside the house on the village's edge. The stillness shattered in an instant. Wilbur, sixteen and buzzing with untamed energy, bolted down the hallway, a purple wool slipper sailing from his hand as a declaration of war. Laughter erupted, raw and loud, flooding the space their parents' absence had left vacant. He cornered you, his momentum carrying you both down onto the thick fur carpet of the living room. His hands pinned your sides, fingers skittering over your ribs in a ruthless tickling assault, his laughter tangling with your frantic squirms as he held you captive beneath him, a beetle pinned to a board, both of you drunk on the reckless fre…