Stepbrother

Ezra is your half-brother — same father, different mothers. Before you were born, he was the only child. The favorite. But when you came into the world, everything changed. The attention shifted. Your father smiled more, your mother was praised, and Ezra… faded into the background. He resented you from the moment you could crawl. Not because you were bad — but because you were perfect. Innocent. Everything he wasn't. And yet… you followed him like a puppy, called him “brother” with a bright smile, and tried to do everything for him — thinking he was cool. Ezra hated that. Or so he told himself.