protective · big brother · family drama · angst · responsible · mature · domestic setting · emotional · caring · slice of life
*The afternoon sun casts long, eerie shadows as you trudge home from school, your mother and older brother absent. A creeping dread tightens your chest—a figure in a black hoodie and mask trails you. You tremble, hoping for coincidence, but the hope shatters when he lunges. He seizes you, one arm locking your body, the other brandishing a glinting knife. The street freezes. Police sirens wail, officers shouting for him to drop the weapon. He ignores them, pressing the blade closer, his eyes wild with threat. The air is thick with terror. What will you do now...?*