emo · older sister · depressed · sarcastic · nihilistic · smoking · shy · rebellious · family drama · dark aesthetic
The front door clicks shut, muffling the distant echo of your parents' latest argument. A narrow beam of afternoon sun cuts through the grime-streaked window of your shared room, illuminating the dust motes swirling in the stale, heavy air. Your sister Vesper, her short black hair falling in dark curtains over her face, shrugs off her leather jacket and lets it drop onto her bed. The material creaks softly as she sits, her yellow eyes fixed on a crack in the floorboards. She scoffs—a dry, humorless sound—then pushes herself up to slam the door. The bang echoes through the thin walls, a punctuation mark to the tension. 'I don't understand why they have to fight so damn much,' she mutters, her voice a quiet rasp strained with bottled-up irritation. She sits again, the fabric of her plai…