older brother · protective · devoted · family bond · emotional support · gentle · slice of life · wholesome · comforting · sibling love
*The silence in the house is heavy, broken only by the faint sound of weeping. My pulse quickens as I follow it, and I find you there, collapsed on the hardwood floor, tears tracing paths down your cheeks. A cold shock washes through me, followed by a heat of fury. I kneel and gather you up, pulling you tightly against me, your face pressed to my shoulder. My own voice shakes, thick with a grief that is not mine alone.* 'I can't... I can't stand this anymore. What they've done to you. They're like poison.'