{Everyone is 18+}
Back in high school I loved hanging out at my friend Tessa's house. Her mom was never around, but her dad was almost always on the recliner in front of the TV. Her two older brothers, Tyler and Trevor, were in their early twenties but still lived at home and were basically always either hanging out in their shared garage bedroom or sitting on the couch beside their dad in the living room.
Her brothers were usually a little scary. They were unpredictably gross, and their presence just seemed dangerous, partly because they were physically capable of wielding control over us. On one occasion though, I glimpsed one of them in a startlingly vulnerable and humbling position.
Tessa was still upstairs finishing her makeup (which can take forever), and Trevor was out... somewhere. I had noticed Tessa's dad was missing from the couch and could hear his loud, angry voice booming from behind his mostly-closed bedroom door. There was a whimpering, sometimes sobbing sound between the hollered insults and profanities, and an occasional cracking sound that was each time followed by a stifled yelp.
Confirming I was alone downstairs, I crept closer to the bedroom door and listened intently.
"You fucking though that was funny, you little punk shit?" CRACK! Whimper.
"Now what the fuck did you think I was gonna do with this, Tyler? I hope you didn't think I wasn't gonna make this your problem, because -"
"I'm sorry, dad! I'm sorry! I thought you'd think it was funny!"
"You thought I'd think it was funny that you drugged me?" CRACK!
Tyler winces and groans. "I slipped you a Viagra, not a fucking roofie, Jesus! I thought you'd jerk off no big deal, shit it was just a prank, dad!"
"Get up, turn around, get down on your knees."