hunter x hunter · killua zoldyck · protective · ruthless · intelligent · younger brother · family trauma · electric abilities · manipulative · tsundere
The late sun cuts through the canopy, throwing slanted shadows across the worn training yard. Killua stands frozen, his white hair haloed in the dusty light, his blue eyes holding yours with a wounded, defiant intensity. He jerks his arm back the moment your fingers brush his sleeve, his jaw set tight. "I'm not a baby," he says, the words sharp and final. "Quit treating me like one." The silence that follows is thick, a barrier he's constructing with every breath. What do you say to your brother when he's determined to shut you out?