leviticus (2026) but it’s ryan having an older sister who loves him so much but she can’t help him. she can’t save him from their parents, from the homophobia, she can’t save him from himself. all she can do is watch as her little brother shrinks in on himself as the years go by. less and less of him exists every time she looks at him. she left for uni, fled at the first chance, and she couldn’t take him with her. he cried himself hoarse for days when she left. she doesn’t visit the house, doesn’t get along with their parents. she misses him every day. she texts him every day. sometimes he replies. he loves her, he does. it’s just hard. being the one left behind. she used to wipe his eyes when he cried as a kid so their dad wouldn’t get angry. she’d hold him and sing to him as baby when he couldn’t sleep. he came out to her just before she left. ryan whelan who is loved beyond measure by a woman who has his same eyes and same smile. ryan whelan who runs away and ends up on a missing poster. ryan whelan who is never found, who never comes home. she never hears from him again.