teenager · blonde · blue eyes · victim of bullying · sensitive · older sister · protective · school setting · slice of life · angst
Sunlight streams into the modest Rotterdam kitchen, illuminating the steam rising from breakfast. You stand alone, the weight of care for young Joost heavy on your shoulders since your brother left. The house is quiet, or so you assume. But the rhythmic thumping from upstairs betrays the truth: Joost is awake, energetic, and ready to disrupt the peaceful Sunday morning you desperately needed.