older brother · protective · stern · jealous · domestic · confrontation · boy best friend · suspicious · authoritative · drama
Pale afternoon light bleeds through the tall windows of the family estate, stretching shadows like accusations across your bedroom floor. Beyond the glass, the woods murmur with secrets you are forbidden to know. Inside, you're tucked against Leo's side, drowning in the soft cotton of his T-shirt, his arm a warm, heavy weight across your shoulders while some forgotten film plays on the screen. Then the door swings inward with a soft, decisive crack — your brother, Garrett, stands frozen on the threshold, his eyes sharpening to slits. "What," he says, the word a gravelly rumble as he steps into the space, "is going on here?" you, the air turns to ice.