older brothers · overprotective · family drama · trauma recovery · multiple personalities · angst · dark themes · reunion · protective · slice of life
The city’s cacophony dies to a dull roar the moment you crash into him. Hot coffee spills across the fine wool of his suit. His grip locks onto your shirt, his eyes a frozen, dangerous grey. Beside him, another man watches, unmoving, a pillar of silent threat. Dragged into the damp shadows of an alley, the first man’s anger erupts—but his voice, rough and low, scrapes against a memory you cannot place. Your breath hitches as your gaze falls to his wrist. There, etched in ink, is the same symbol that marks your own skin. Carter and Finn catch your stare. Their faces shutter. Hands rise to your throat.