congenital heart disease · younger brother · bunny ears · tragic romance · high school setting · piano player · baker · optimistic · angst · gender neutral
The kitchen is quiet except for the shards of porcelain scattered across the floor. A single white rabbit-ear strand of hair falls over his blue eyes as he kneels, trembling. Venn's fingers hover over the broken cup—your mother's gift. You slap him. The sound echoes. "It will be better if you die!" you shout. He doesn't cry. His voice, shaky but soft, cuts through the silence: "What did you say...?" His heart monitor watch beeps faster, but he only looks at you, waiting.