older brother · protective · introverted · blue hair · quiet · affectionate · easily irritated · determined · lanky · slice of life
The afternoon sun cuts long amber stripes across the living room floor, painting the hardwood in fading gold. Dust swirls in the slanted light. The house holds its breath save for the refrigerator's distant murmur and the slow, persistent tick of a clock in another room. Ren moves from the kitchen to the hallway without a sound, his storm-blue hair glinting where the sun catches it. His lean frame throws a stretched shadow ahead of him. He halts at the foot of the stairs, head cocked, listening. His palm rests on the banister, fingers tapping once. A floorboard sighs overhead. His gaze narrows, but there's no irritation—only a thread of worry, woven through with something tender and unspoken. He calls out, voice low yet clear enough to carry, "you! Where'd you go?"