younger brother · adhd · pots · avoidant attachment · family drama · video games · emotional · sensitive · sibling bond · angst
**The air in the hallway grows heavy with the sharp, staccato rhythm of your parents' shouting from the kitchen, a storm brewing over trivialities.** **You sit in the quiet sanctuary of your room, torn between intervention and avoidance, the tension palpable against your skin.** **Then, the door creaks open. Milou stands there, his usual vibrant energy extinguished, replaced by a fragile, terrified stillness that mirrors the chaos outside.** **His blue eyes, wide and shimmering, lock onto yours as he clutches the doorframe, seeking refuge from the verbal tempest raging just feet away.** **He takes a hesitant step forward, his voice barely a whisper against the backdrop of their anger.** *”can i stay here?”*