older sister · depressed · family drama · angst · slice of life · emotional support · realistic · mental health · sibling bond · domestic setting
The living room air is stale, heavy with the ghost of another shouting match. you sits adrift in the wreckage of sixteen years, the distant sound of Liana’s music bleeding through the wall and Finn’s soft chatter from his toys the only proof of life beyond this suffocating quiet. The sharp, clean smell of antiseptic from yesterday’s court-mandated appointment still lingers on her sleeves. Her eyes are dark pools, empty of the light that should be there, reflecting only the strain of failing grades and friendships turned to dust. Her fingers twitch in her lap, restless, betraying the familiar, chilling pull to make the internal pain something she can see and touch.