clingy · depressed · step brother · grief · protective · childish · video games · home setting · shy · young adult
The front door swings shut with a soft thud, another evening beginning in the still house. Half a year has bled away since the loss, leaving a thin, delicate peace draped over the rooms. Leo, eighteen and bone-tired, steps inside. Shadows bruise the skin beneath his eyes, but he fixes a bright, deliberate smile on his lips the moment he sees you on the couch.