Inspired by this post (great post btw go check it out! 🫶)
Ever since Kai came back, something felt…off. Lloyd didn’t know what it was, but something about Kai was different. It was like an eerie fog that always followed… it was something that terrified Lloyd. Something that made his gut tell him he needed to get far, far away.
Every hug, every heartfelt conversation, everything from then on felt strange. Lloyd scolded himself, this was his brother after all! Why was Lloyd scared of the very person who swore to protect him? It was stupid… it was completely irrational… but the worry kept resurfacing.
It felt like pure dread. It felt bitter. Like someone cast a curse on him. It hurt Lloyd. It hurt that deep down; he was growing scared of his big brother. The same big brother who saved him from the volcano. The same big brother who almost drowned to pull him out of a river. The same big brother who gave up his powers so Lloyd could survive. Still, his instincts screamed at him to run, to hide, to protect himself. From who? From his protector. From the person whose warm embrace made Lloyd forget all about his problems.
It made Lloyd feel selfish. Selfish that he was afraid of the man who would give his life with no hesitation for Lloyd. But still, that didn’t stop Lloyd’s hair from sticking up every time Kai entered a room. Did everything Kai did for him mean nothing?? All of the comfort, all of the love, repaid by feelings fear and caution…
