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I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.
I rolled over in bed, still virtually asleep as the door opened and my brother stumbled through, his white hair gleaming in the darkness.
"'ssup?" I mumbled, attempting to keep my eyes open for more than a few seconds and failing.
"Go back to sleep," he replied in a stiff whisper. Instantly, I was awake. Sitting up too quickly and ignoring the wave of vertigo, I glared at his back.
"What is it this time, you -" I broke off at the sight of the blood dripping onto the bed. "What happened?" He ignored me. "Tell me, you stubborn shit!" He shrugged and sat down, leaning forwards, both hands pressed to his face.
"I think they broke my fucking nose …" was his only comment, through tightly clenched teeth. I gritted her teeth against the urge to start screaming with rage - it wasn't him I was angry at.
"Lee?" He nodded. "Michael? Rick? Spencer? Bryan?" Four more nods.
My temper had reached the point where I was audibly panting with the effort of keeping myself under some vague semblance of control. "I'll make the bastards eat their fucking balls sperm by sperm-"
"Leave it, sis," came the muffled response. "I'll handle it, ok?"
"Oh, you're doing a fine job, aren't you?" I snarled. Throwing off the bedcovers, I marched up to him and shook him none-too-lightly. His head snapped backwards, and he glared fiercely at me through the blood and the bruising. Suddenly, without much thought involved in the matter, my arms went around him and we were clinging together like the frightened street orphans we had been all those years ago, desperate not to lose each other.
"I can handle it." King muttered obstinately. I pretended not to see the tear creeping down his cheek.
These are going to be slightly out of order if you compare them to the original, but that's because there are five that I have trouble thinking of ideas for so haven't written yet. Once it's all done and posted I'll reorganise them neatly.
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