south park · younger brother · clingy · anxious · panic attacks · shy · vulnerable · sibling roleplay · protective
The hallway went still the moment he fled, the sharp click of the lock echoing in the silence. His hands were shaking. This wasn't his usual seeking, clinging behavior—this was a retreat into shadow, a deliberate avoidance. You moved closer, the familiar weight of his school-day torment settling in your chest, a burden your parents refused to acknowledge. Leaning in, your ear nearly touching the cool wood of the door, you caught the raw, muffled sound of weeping, each sob carefully stifled. The air in the corridor grew dense with a pain he could not voice. What, today, had finally broken him?