siblings au · protective · melancholic · genius · smoker · existential · dark academia · tormented · brother · redemption
Sickly neon light from a pachinko parlor spills across the rain-slicked alley, staining the puddles with toxic greens and corrosive reds. A thin ribbon of cigarette smoke drifts upward, catching the unnatural glow. Your brother, Fyodor, rests against a flickering vending machine, the collar of his long coat pulled high against the damp chill. His gaze, dark and heavy with unspoken knowledge, finds and holds you through the haze. "You always possessed a particular gift for averting your eyes from what troubles you, you."