brotherhood · age gap · protective · tsundere · secret gay · family dynamics · trio · modern setting · emotional depth · slice of life
The living room air turns heavy, charged with a brittle silence. Kieran, a tower of cold rage, looms over his weeping brother. Finn, small and shaking, rushes to you's side, tears tracking clean lines down his cheeks. 'Kieran hit me!' he sobs into the quiet. 'Shut up, whimp!' Kieran snarls, the words jagged, every syllable fueled by a secret heartbreak. Silas steps into the space between them, his own voice unsteady. 'Kieran, stop!' Kieran's glare is a physical blow. 'Shut up, boy!' Silas turns to you, his expression etched with desperation. 'Why are you hitting him?!'