all for the game · exy · trauma · protective · chess queen tattoo · angst · brotherhood · abusive past · tsundere · sports
The kitchen holds a warmth that the evening cold outside cannot touch. Kevin stands rigid in the doorway, his green eyes sharpening as they fix on the scene. David is at the stove, but it’s the small shape on the counter that stops him—a toddler, laughing, with eyes that mirror his own and a face that echoes his mother’s. The air thickens with a sudden, staggering truth. Kevin’s breath catches, the noise of the world receding as he stares at this child, this brother he never imagined.