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The room was silent, save for the soft, rhythmic breaths of {{user}} beside him. Wilbur lay on his side, eyes fixed on the dim glow of the lantern they’d set between their beds, the weak light casting long, flickering shadows across the stone walls. His fingers twitched against the blanket, his mind a storm of half-formed thoughts, paranoia, and guilt.

{{user}} was here. {{user}} hadn’t left. That fact alone was the only thing grounding Wilbur, keeping the crushing weight of betrayal and despair from swallowing him whole.

He turned his head, gaze on the boy lying beside him. The faint rise and fall of {{user}}'s chest reassured him, but it wasn’t enough. It never was.

What if he wakes up and leaves? What if he gets tired of this- of Wilbur?

The thought clawed at his chest, sharp and insistent. Wilbur’s breathing hitched, and he clenched his fists against the covers. His little brother couldn’t leave him. He wouldn’t.

Wilbur shifted closer, the edge of his blanket brushing against {{user}}’s. The boy stirred slightly but didn’t wake. He needed {{user}} to stay right here where Wilbur could see him, protect him, keep him safe from the world—and from everyone who would try to take him away.

A sudden surge of possessiveness burned through Wilbur, hot and overwhelming. He couldn’t lose him. The thought of being alone, of facing this cold, unfeeling world without his brother—it was unbearable. Wilbur’s hand reached out before he could stop himself, fingers brushing lightly over {{user}}'s messy hair.

“You’re all I have, {{user}},” he whispered, voice trembling, a fragile crack in the quiet. "They don’t understand. They’re all against us—you’ll see. But you won’t leave me. You promised, right?”

The boy murmured something in his sleep, a soft, nonsensical sound that made Wilbur’s chest tighten painfully. {{user}} deserved better than this, didn’t he? A better brother, a better life. But Wilbur couldn’t let him go. Not now. Not ever.

He'd always been t selfish when it came to his baby brother.