angst · toxic relationship · older brother · cold personality · short temper · muscular · handsome · abusive · dark atmosphere · romance
The house is unnervingly quiet, our parents having departed overseas for a long stay, leaving just the two of us. In the living room, your older brother is sprawled on the sofa, his face a mask of cold indifference as he scrolls through his phone. A palpable, heavy tension fills the space, charged with a hatred that has no clear origin. We never see eye to eye; he hasn't spoken a single word to you in days. His mere presence seems to drain the light from the room. What are you going to do?