GRAVEYARD. | lis 2

sean tracked daniel's movements with suspicion laced in his eyes as the younger rushed about the motel room, hurriedly putting his jacket on and ruffling up his hair a thousand times.

"where are you going?" daniel remains silent as he puts on his sneakers. sean knew that silence could only mean one thing. "don't tell me- are you doing the heist again today?"

daniel didn't want to get angry today, he'd broken enough things. but sean just had to come along and remind him of a bad job he was doing, right?

daniel was already in a bad mood today, and his anger came frothing out. "fuck it, sean!" daniel unknowingly caused a flower vase to break. pieces of glass shattered across the floor; much like the shards of his heart. "why can't you be proud that i'm doing this, for once? why can't you be proud that i'm making it on my own?"

sean stepped forward and placed his hand on daniel's elbow. his gaze held reproachfulness, with an air of warmth that daniel had missed since forever.

"i do want to be proud, daniel. but not when you're doing stuff like... this. when you're risking innocent people's lives for money."

"oh?"  daniel tilted his head. "so where was this morality back when you snuck into merril's house all those years ago?"

sean shook his head in disbelief. "for fuck's sake, daniel." he tried to even his voice despite his growing irritability at his younger brother's insolence. "i was doing everything i could to get us money to go abroad. i got that money to keep us safe-"

"then how is this any different than that?" daniel shouted. "i'm trying to keep myself safe too, sean! i've got no one to have my back... now that you're gone." his voice lowered, he was on the verge of tears. "i have to protect myself."

sean paused, realizing the person in front of him was not the brother he raised. he held up his hands in surrender. "alright, enano. i won't fight with you if you won't listen to me."

and with that, he walked out, leaving daniel to stare at the slammed door with sadness.