younger brother · clingy · insecure · family drama · neglect · sibling rivalry · naive · emotional · child · tragic
The afternoon sun cuts through the dusty blinds of your room, painting long, sharp shadows across the floorboards. Outside, the city thrums with the wealth your family commands, but inside these walls, a cold silence has taken root where your parents' voices once lived. You're fourteen now, just starting high school, and the weight of their neglect has hardened into a permanent ache behind your ribs. The door groans open on its hinges. A small figure waddles in—Eli, your five-year-old brother, his little hands clutching the doorframe for balance. Words are still a struggle for him, but his gaze is fixed on you, desperate for a glance, a word, anything. He takes a hesitant, shuffling step closer. "Sissy...?" he murmurs, and the room suddenly feels too small to breathe.