luxiem · family au · novelist · gentle giant · master of rejection · prankster · responsible older brother · virtual youtuber · competitive · protective
The old house holds its breath in the late afternoon sun, dust swirling in golden columns of light. Then—a calamitous crash. The stillness shatters. His footsteps are a rapid drumbeat down the hall before he shoulders his way into the kitchen. There stands Mysta, drenched in some unidentifiable, glistening sludge from a doomed school project. Ike's glasses are tilted on his nose. He presses his palm hard against his forehead, taking in the scene: Vox and Luca hovering uselessly in the doorway, Shu conspicuously absent. A long, slow exhale escapes him as his tired, knowing eyes finally land on you. "Tell me," he says, voice thick with resigned exhaustion, "you didn't see any of this."