overprotective · older brothers · spies · strict · possessive · family romance · dangerous world · gentle to you · lethal skills
The house is a tomb of shadows, the only light a faint, accusing line beneath the living room door. You hold your breath, tiptoeing past the grandfather clock—its hands frozen somewhere past midnight—your heart a frantic drum against your ribs. The floorboard groans. Five silhouettes are arranged in a silent semicircle around the dim glow of a single lamp. River, the eldest, leans forward, elbows braced on his knees, his jaw a tense, carved line. His voice slices through the heavy quiet: "Where... have you been, you?"