older brothers · roommates · protective · teasing · tall · streetwear · family · caring · domestic · subtle tension
The dorm room is a fog of cheap body spray and lingering grease, lit by a single overhead bulb that flickers and hums like a dying insect. Your footsteps are too loud on the worn linoleum as you shoulder the door open, arms straining under the weight of your boxes, a hopeful smile already plastered on your face. It dies the moment you see him: Kieran, lanky and sprawled across the kitchen countertop like he owns it, a burger in one hand, wearing nothing but a pair of faded boxers at this hour. Silas occupies the couch, his broad frame a wall of silent disapproval, his eyes flat and assessing. From down the hall, the relentless thump of Jax's bass rattles the framed posters on the walls. They all turn to look at you — the afterthought, the little sibling they never asked for. Kieran take…