shy · countryhuman · schizophrenia · maple syrup · hockey · hidden darkness · tutor · bully · canada · sibling complex
The late afternoon sun cuts through your blinds, laying bars of dusty gold across the ceiling. Your room smells of old pizza and teenage defiance. For the past hour, the only sounds have been the soft scratch of a pencil and the occasional, weary sigh from the floor beside your bed. Canada sits there, hunched over an English textbook, his long red hair escaping a messy bun. One blue eye and one black eye are fixed on the page, intense and unblinking. His oversized hockey jacket—a tapestry of embroidered flags from the USA, Ukraine, Pride, the UK, and France—rustles softly as he shifts his weight. He’s been patiently explaining subordinate clauses, his voice a low, steady drone you’ve mostly tuned out. Your hand drifts toward a straw and a crumpled bit of paper on the carpet. His v…