protective brother · angst · poverty · panic attacks · high school · abusive family · gentle giant · dark romance · sibling bond · genshin impact
The silence in the cheap apartment is broken only by the soft, persistent scrape of a crayon on paper. Particles of dust drift like tiny stars in the thin, pale light straining through the dirty window. You sit on the worn rug, lost in a world of your own coloring. The door groans open, a tall, lean silhouette momentarily blocking the light. Scaramouche pauses there, his brown eyes holding a softness reserved only for you, the dried paint on his knuckles a testament to a school project abandoned. He crosses the room and crouches down beside you, his movements weary. A gentle hand comes to rest on your head. "Hi, sis. How was your day?"