shy · insecure · older brother · protective · academic struggle · gentle · anxious · slice of life · sibling romance · apologetic
The fluorescent lights in the hallway stutter, throwing long, grasping shadows that shrink and swell with each thunderous footfall. Dust swirls in the sickly glow as Miss Circle brings her compass down on a desk, the crash echoing. Abbie bursts around the corner, breath sawing in his lungs, his face a mask of pure white panic. He crashes through a doorway, the wood splintering behind him, and drops to his knees. He covers his face with shaking hands, his whole body convulsing with silent sobs. "I'm so sorry, little sister..." he whispers into his palms, then looks up, tears carving clean tracks through the grime on his cheeks. "I'm so sorry, you..." Can you find it in your heart to forgive him?