History BigBrotherInstinct / Literature

** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfbloodPrince'', while Harry is searching for the locket horcrux with Dumbledore, Dumbledore starts pleading (after taking a nasty potion), “Don’t hurt them. Hurt me instead!” Harry is taken aback by it but doesn’t really pay it too much mind. It’s not until about a year later when he gets a chance to talk to Dumbledore’s brother, Aberforth, that he realizes that he was trying to protect Aberforth and their sister Ariana from his “friend” Grindlewald who’d been torturing them because Aberforth was trying to stop him from running off with Grindlewald with the fragile, mentally unstable Ariana in tow.

** It's revealed in the first book that the reason Thalia didn't escape home sooner than she would was that she's afraid her mother would endanger her little brother, Jason. When she thought that he was killed (actually presented to Hera), she ''flipped out'' and wasted no time to leave her mother. It's apparent that she still has the trauma of losing him as she never told anyone about him.

** Bianca to Nico, before [[spoiler: her death]]. It's explained that she joined the Hunters of Artemis because for once in her life she wanted to be something besides Nico's big sister. And even after that, she takes a stray figurine for Nico (who was an avid collector), which directly results in [[spoiler: her death]].

* In ''Literature/AmericanDirt'', Soledad's core priority on her journey to el notre is protecting her younger sister, Rebeca. Previously Soledad was in a forced sexual relationship with a wannabe sicario, Ivan, and when he learned she had a sister and told her to bring her to him and his group, she set their escape in motion. The sisters have each others' backs throughout the journey, but Soledad especially looks out for her younger sister. [[spoiler:When Lorenzo shows his true colors by trying to rape Rebeca, Soledad kills him.]]

* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': Go on, try to hurt Relkin in front of Bazil or ''vice versa''. Or any dragonboy in the presence of his dragon, for that matter. You will most likely regret it.

* ''LightNovel/IBecameTheStrongestWithTheFailureFrameAbnormalStateSkill'': Do ''not'' abuse a child around [[AntiHero Mimori Touka]]. Child abuse is a TraumaButton for him. If you abuse children, pray to whatever god(s) you worship that he doesn't learn of it, or worse, see it, because if he does, your death will be especially graphic. The mistress of the bar where Lizbet worked got beat up by Eve when she saw the abuse, before Eve took custody of Liz and Liz's "Back pay." Mimori didn't think that was enough, so he went back when nobody else was around, and ''really'' made her pay...

* In ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'', Carter and Sadie are this to each other. Sure, they bicker a lot, and their ideals and personality clash many times due to their estrangement, but beneath those are a strong familial bond of that of [[BadassFamily the Kanes]].

* Literature/TogetherlyLong: Oukii loves Chiisai with all his heart and will be by her side in a heartbeat if he ever feels she needs a hug, a kiss and a nuzzle to comfort her.

* Played for some tragedy in ''Broken Gate'' on Tora's end. In chapter 11, he remembers the time with his sister and he can ''feel'' [[spoiler: Nezumi dying]] but can't do anything about it. Subverted, as would be expected on Ryuuji's end, as he did mistreat Nezumi, said mistreatment got him cursed.

* This is a feature of the entire [=MudWing=] society in the ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' series. [=MudWings=] live in family clans composed of all the siblings from a particular nest. The first to hatch among them is the "bigwings" and official leader of the family, who lead and protect all of their siblings. Clay, the [=MudWing=] on the main characters' team, is TheHeart for precisely this reason -- he instinctively "bigwings" his teammates.

** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfbloodPrince '', while Harry is searching for the locket horcrux with Dumbledore, Dumbledore starts pleading (after taking a nasty potion), “Don’t hurt them. Hurt me instead!” Harry is taken aback by it but doesn’t really pay it too much mind. It’s not until about a year later when he gets a chance to talk to Dumbledore’s brother, Aberforth, that he realizes that he was trying to protect Aberforth and their sister Ariana from his “friend” Grindlewald who’d been torturing them because Aberforth was trying to stop him from running off with Grindlewald with the fragile, mentally unstable Ariana in tow.

* In Daniel Woodrell's novel ''Winter's Bone,'' BigSisterInstinct is one of Ree's main concerns. She frequently worries about how to provide for her two younger brothers, who she is essentially raising.

* In ''Literature/DeadSpaceCatalyst'', Jensi has spent most of his life taking care of his older brother Istvan who has an AmbigiousDisorder that can sometimes turn violent. Unusually for this trope, Jensi's protectiveness of his ill brother is shown to be a bad thing. Jensi gets in trouble trying to protect Istvan, guilt over failing to protect Istvan from things Jensi could not control causes Kensi to live a depressed and meaningless life, and since this is ''Franchise/DeadSpace'', Jensi extreme desire to keep his brother safe eventually lands him in the middle of space zombie outbreak.

** Simon's sister Rebecca becomes increasingly concerned about Simon's cutting communications with her over the course of ''City of Lost Souls'', and eventually manages to meet with him. When she briefly believes that their mother has brainwashed or harmed him in some way, the way she reacts indicated it would ''not'' have gone well for their mom if that had been the case. [[spoiler:And when he reveals his vampirism to her, she accepts it almost immediately after getting over the shock, and assures him she'll love him no matter what]].

--> "Nobody messes with my baby sister. ''Nobody''."

* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'': In the gamebook ''Literature/NightOfTheNecromancer'', your vendetta against the titular necromancer [[spoiler: your evil former advisor, Unthank]] becomes [[ItsPersonal strictly personal]] the moment he abducts your younger sister Orianna, and intends to have her sacrificed to the powerful Shadow King.

* ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' and its spinoffs has Lord John Grey's older brother, Hal, who really cared about him and it's implied that he knew about his sexual orientation of being homosexual which, at that time, could get someone executed. John realizes this when he learned that Hal reassigned him to be the warden of the Adsmiur prison in ''Voyager'' just to protect from the scandal of being associated with a serial killer. In the eighth ''Outlander'' novel, he demands Claire Fraser regarding the whereabouts of his brother.

*** Jon, in addition to his Big Brother Instinct for all his half-brothers and sisters, is particularly this for his youngest sister Arya -- [[spoiler: to the point that his efforts to rescue the girl he thinks is Arya in the latest book lead to his death.]]

* In ''Literature/TheThiefLord'', Prosper's protectiveness of Bo is the main motivation behind his character. He runs away from his aunt with Bo to prevent their separation, joins a gang of urchins and steals to make sure his brother is well fed and sheltered and goes into a major HeroicBSOD when Bo is finally taken away.

* Farrah in ''Literature/TheGauntlet2017'' goes into the game to find her little brother Ahmad after he rushes in.
* John Steinbeck's ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'' has a western example of this trope in which George Milton, a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, cares for Lenny Small, a mentally disabled GentleGiant.
* Carl Dalisay to Noel Dalisay in ''Mars Evacuees'', by Sophia [=McDougall=]. Not only does he physically protect his younger brother, Carl goes to great lengths to make sure Noel doesn't realize how dire things are.
* Violet Baudelaire in ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' frequently recalls the promise she made to her parents (twice, the first time being when she was two) to protect Klaus and Sunny. Given what the three children survive, she seems to do a pretty good job.
* Played with in ''Literature/DarkPlaces''. In the Satanic Panic of TheEighties, Libby Day testified against her older brother, Ben, for the murders of their mother and two other sisters. In the present day, she realizes over the first few chapters that it might not be that simple. When the PlotTwist towards the end of the book happens, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Ben ''didn't'' kill his family, but he ''did'' stand and watch his girlfriend, Diondra, strangle his sister Michelle after Michelle found out that Diondra was pregnant. Immediately after Michelle dies, Ben runs to find Libby and tells her to stay where she is so Diondra won't kill her, too.]]
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
%%** Harry does it to [[spoiler: his half-brother Thomas]] despite the fact that [[spoiler: Thomas is the older brother]].
** [[spoiler: Thomas]] also has a brother instinct. He has followed Harry around town without Harry's knowledge, and in several books, the only time [[spoiler: Thomas]] hasn't come to Harry's aid was when the White Council was directly involved. He is also very protective of his little sister, [[spoiler: Inari.]]

* ''Literature/EclipseHunter'': Devon falls under this trope very easily, and fills many different archetypes. He's willing to [[spoiler: shoot his own father]] if it means protecting Daren.
* In ''Literature/TheThiefLord'', Prosper's protectiveness of Bo is the main motivation behind his character. He runs away from his aunt with Bo to prevent their separation, joins a gang of urchins and steals to make sure his brother is well fed and sheltered and goes into a major HeroicBSOD when Bo is finally taken away.
* The Literature/DarkestPowers series gives us Derek. He has a Big Brother Instinct that's UpToEleven when it comes to his foster brother, Simon. Derek is also a werewolf. So on top of the fact that he is, personality-wise, very protective of Simon (and anyone else he cares about), he also has the wolf's "protect my pack" instinct to deal with. Assaulting one of his "pack" is his BerserkButton. Unfortunately for Derek, since he can't usually control his reaction when his brother is in danger no matter how much he's tried to coach himself, his supercharged Big Brother Instinct has led to at least one MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment.
* Len Maynard of ''Literature/ChaletSchool'' Practically ever since she is a baby, she is pigeonholed as the 'responsible one', and as the oldest Maynard child, she is often put in charge of the other Maynard children. She has a major one where Margot is concerned, protecting her from Jack's wrath and ''lying'' to cover up for her in ''Triplets of the Chalet School'' after the bookend incident. Miss Annersley even calls her on it.
* In ''Literature/WatershipDown'', [[BewareTheNiceOnes Hazel is usually calm and collected]] but god help you if you mistreat Fiver or Pipkin.
* Kaladin from ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' develops one of these for ''every'' relatively (around 14) young male he comes across in the course of the story. This stems from his feelings of guilt over failing to protect his actual younger brother in the course of a minor border dispute between rival lords of his nation. [[spoiler: Every one of these individuals ends up dead.]]
* The Literature/CalLeandros series gives us Niko, who loses his characteristic cool when someone so much as implies that his brother is a monster, and goes berserk with rage when he thinks Cal is dead. Cal is no better, going to extreme lengths to protect his brother.
* Although Damon Salvatore of ''Literature/TheVampireDiaries'' likes to make his brother's life hell, he does go out of his way to save or protect Stefan.
* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'': In the gamebook ''Literature/NightOfTheNecromancer'', your vendetta against the titular necromancer [[spoiler: your evil former advisor, Unthank]] becomes [[ItsPersonal strictly personal]] the moment he abducts your younger sister Orianna, and intends to have her sacrificed to the powerful Shadow King.

* Prince Jonathan and his group of friends in ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' developed this for [[WholesomeCrossdresser the new page Alan]]. Even before Ralon started bullying Alanna, they regularly helped and kept an eye out for her. And when Ralon first beat up Alanna, Raoul pulled him aside and roughed him up as a warning. When Ralon later broke Alanna's arm in retaliation, they all thrashed him thoroughly. Despite continuing to harass Alanna, Ralon didn't lay a hand on her again.
* ''Literature/{{Pax}}'': Bristle and Pax have this towards Runt.
%%* Alan and Nick Ryves in ''Literature/TheDemonsLexicon''.

* ''Literature/RaceToTheSun'': Nizhoni has Big Sister Instinct and is very protective of her younger brother Mac, even though he's just 10 months younger and they are both still kids. Still, he is an artistic soul and bullied at school, and she tries to stop the bullying, even by attacking the bully. And she is even ready to give up her biggest dream to save him.
* ''[[Literature/RedMoonRisingHolt Red Moon Rising]]'': Rae has this towards her younger sister Temple.

** Genna Frey (nee Lannister) mentions that when her weak father agreed to betroth her as a seven-year-old to Emmon Frey (a second son, and thus a somewhat insulting match for a girl of her rank,) Tywin (himself only 10 years old at the time,) publicly called out their father and Lord Frey for it being a poor match. While she says she did not approve of everything he did as an adult (or even enjoy his company that much) she couldn't help but love him as a protective big brother.

* In ''Literature/EndersGame'', the reason that Ender was willing to go to Battle School and join the International Fleet was to protect his sister Valentine, although he was actually her little brother.
* In the Literature/InDeath series, Roarke tends to harbor protective instincts toward Eve's female colleagues, though they're not particularly weak. This is probably due to his dead little sister.
* In ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheJerleShannara'', Quentin Leah already has a pretty serious big brother complex towards his cousin Bek. Following his [[FailureKnight failure]] to save a girl he liked, this is magnified a thousandfold and helps to fuel his change into a badass.
** Creator/TerryBrooks ''loves'' this trope. The vast majority of [[TheHero heroes]] in the very [[LongRunner long running]] ''Shannara'' series have that sort of sibling relationship, starting with the very first book. It reaches its logical conclusion in the final series, ''Literature/TheDefendersOfShannara''. Its first book, ''The High Druid's Blade'', is basically Big Brother Instinct: The Book.
* Bertie of ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' tends to develop this easily. In one story he suddenly decided that he wanted a daughter for precisely this reason: "Something to look after, if you know what I mean."
* [[HiddenHeartOfGold Mr Darcy]] towards his younger sister Georgiana in ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
* Literature/{{Psmith}} seems to feel this way about Mike. They're the same age (they met at BoardingSchool), but Psmith acts much older. Try to fire Mike from his job, and you'll get blackmailed.

* Eldest Whistler in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' is this way to her whole family, including sisters-in-law -- as she declares, "We Whistlers have an unbreakable rule -- you mess with one of us, [[BigDamnHeroes you mess with us all!]]" -- but particularly her vulnerable brother [[NonActionGuy Jerin]]. When she believes he was raped by the crown princess, she plans to kill the woman but is enough of a ReasonableAuthorityFigure to listen to him. Most of Jerin's sisters are like this to some degree. Even [[BigBrotherBully Corelle]] is motivated by the desire to protect him.
* Marcus demonstrates this towards Julia in ''Literature/TheMarkOfTheLion'' trilogy ([[spoiler:at least until her betrayal of Hadassah at the end of book one, after which he declares ThisIsUnforgivable]]), and is the only one who indulges her more headstrong tendencies manifesting from her being spoiled.
* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'':
** Jace tends to be very protective of his adopted siblings.
** Alec takes his job as the oldest Lightwood sibling very seriously. And he's also the only one of them to be at least eighteen, making him legally an 'adult'.
** Simon's sister Rebecca becomes increasingly concerned about Simon's cutting communications with her over the course of ''City of Lost Souls'', and eventually manages to meet with him. When she briefly believes that their mother has brainwashed or harmed him in some way, the way she reacts indicated it would ''not'' have gone well for their mom if that had been the case. [[spoiler:And when he reveals his vampirism to her, she accepts it almost immediately after getting over the shock, and assures him she'll love him no matter what]].
* Katsa from ''Graceling'' has her moments. She is incredibly protective over [[spoiler:Princess Bitterblue.]] She made it her entire goal to protect the ten-year-old princess, no matter what it meant for her or anybody else.
* One of the sharp contrasts between Huntingdon and Markham in ''Literature/TheTenantOfWildfellHall'' is how well Markham handles Arthur. He plays with Arthur, dotes on him without spoiling him, is protective of him, and defers to Helen's parenting choices, all things Huntingdon won't do.
* Bush in ''[[Literature/HoratioHornblower Lieutenant Hornblower]]''. He quickly picks up on the fact that Hornblower pushes himself far too hard and pulls rank to make sure that he drinks water, eats, and sleeps. He also speaks up for Hornblower's daring plan to take the Spanish fort and insists that he get full credit for it. Later on in their careers, this turns into [[ParentalSubstitute Bush unconsciously thinking of Hornblower like a son]].
* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'':
** Luke and Thalia were this to Annabeth before the trio arrived at Camp Half-Blood. Keep in mind that the two were just 12 years old by then, yet they had to essentially take the role of [[PromotionToParent parents]] in front of the 7-year-old Annabeth and at the same time protect themselves from monsters who hunted them.
** Bianca to Nico, before [[spoiler: her death]]. It's explained that she joined the Hunters of Artemis because for once in her life she wanted to be something besides Nico's big sister. And even after that, she takes a stray figurine for Nico (who was an avid collector), which directly results in [[spoiler: her death]].
** Apollo has this for his sister Artemis in ''[[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Titan's Curse]]'' (though they [[SiblingSenioritySquabble don't agree]] on whether he is actually older than her). He defies Zeus's orders to give Percy information on how to save her.
--> "Nobody messes with my baby sister. ''Nobody''."
** Percy was this to Tyson before he even knew they were brothers, protecting him from bullies and comforting him whenever he was upset.
* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'':
** It's revealed in the first book that the reason Thalia didn't escape home sooner than she would was that she's afraid her mother would endanger her little brother, Jason. When she thought that he was killed (actually presented to Hera), she ''flipped out'' and wasted no time to leave her mother. It's apparent that she still has the trauma of losing him as she never told anyone about him.
** Hylla to Reyna. She protected her when [[spoiler: their father locked them up in his fits of PTSD]] and accompanied her during their overseas travels [[spoiler: after killing their father's insane spirit]]. And at the end of the second novel, Hylla leads her company of Amazons to assist Camp Jupiter (led by Reyna), which are being attacked by the Giants. Hazel mentions that Hylla is possibly "the best sister anyone could have".
** Do not suggest you aren't willing to rescue Nico if Hazel is in the room. She will not like it.
** While Nico never really gets a chance to pull a BigDamnHeroes for Hazel's sake, he's still Hazel's big brother. He seems to go out of his way to cheer her on at Camp Jupiter.
** Jason develops this for Nico in ''The House of Hades'' after he finds out about [[spoiler:Nico's crush on Percy.]]
** Reyna also develops this for Nico, at one point forcing herself not to tuck him and try to make him comfortable as he sleeps, because he is her comrade, not her little brother, and he wouldn't appreciate it. It goes out the window by the end of the book, where she goes out of her way to make sure he knows he has a home at both camps and promises herself that he ''will'' be recognized for his bravery.
* In ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'', Carter and Sadie are this to each other. Sure, they bicker a lot, and their ideals and personality clash many times due to their estrangement, but beneath those are a strong familial bond of that of [[BadassFamily the Kanes]].
* In ''Literature/{{Coda}}'', Anthem is very protective of his siblings, Alpha and Omega.

* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'':
** Will says the reason Gabriel hates him so much is that he compromised the latter's sister's virtue. But then again, it's [[ConsummateLiar Will]], so we don't know if that's true or not. As of ''The Clockwork Prince'', it's apparently because Will rejected his little sister's advances (in his defense, she was a lovesick twelve-year-old) and broke Gabriel's arm in public.
** Gideon Lightwood towards his younger brother, Gabriel.
* In ''Literature/{{Angelfall}}'', Penryn's whole motivation to infiltrate the aerie is to get her little sister back by any means necessary.
* Jonas towards Gabriel in ''Literature/TheGiver'', [[spoiler:despite his growing disillusionment with his Community, it's not until he learns that Gabe is going to be killed that he decides to leave.]]
* In ''Literature/DeadSpaceCatalyst'', Jensi has spent most of his life taking care of his older brother Istvan who has an AmbigiousDisorder that can sometimes turn violent. Unusually for this trope, Jensi's protectiveness of his ill brother is shown to be a bad thing. Jensi gets in trouble trying to protect Istvan, guilt over failing to protect Istvan from things Jensi could not control causes Kensi to live a depressed and meaningless life, and since this is ''Franchise/DeadSpace'', Jensi extreme desire to keep his brother safe eventually lands him in the middle of space zombie outbreak.
* In ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', Adrian Ivashkov acts as a protective big brother to Jill Mastrano. She is fifteen-years-old, and kind of timid. He is an adult, several years older than her, and takes an interest in her well-being.
* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Eric thinks of his teammates and Kasile as his younger siblings and is thusly protective of them. This is especially the case with Kasile because she is a queen and a target for {{Evil Prince}}s. [[spoiler: You don't want to get between an angry grendel and his siblings.]]
* In Jeramey Kraatz's ''Literature/TheCloakSociety'', Alex and Misty, despite her annoying traits.

* In the ''Literature/{{Relativity}}'' series, Michael takes it upon himself to protect his sister Sara from any potential boyfriends he doesn't approve of. Since she's an adult and can take care of herself, she's not happy about this.
* ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' and its spinoffs has Lord John Grey's older brother, Hal, who really cared about him and it's implied that he knew about his sexual orientation of being homosexual which, at that time, could get someone executed. John realizes this when he learned that Hal reassigned him to be the warden of the Adsmiur prison in ''Voyager'' just to protect from the scandal of being associated with a serial killer. In the eighth ''Outlander'' novel, he demands Claire Fraser regarding the whereabouts of his brother.
* ''Literature/OneNationUnderJupiter'': Despite being her ''younger'' brother, Diagoras acts this way towards Relicta.
* ''Literature/TheSilverCodex'': Dominique is very protective of her siblings to the point that scares even her.
* ''Literature/DreambloodDuology'': Ehiru is supposed to take a role between big brother figure and mentor towards his apprentice Nijiri for the duration of Nijiri's apprenticeship, and act accordingly. However, the situation turns out complicated because while Ehiru does love Nijiri like a brother and has to constantly remind himself not to underestimate and coddle Nijiri, Nijiri's feelings and motives are more complicated. In the long run, it's ''Nijiri'' who takes that role towards Ehiru, going to great lengths to keep trouble away from him and coddling him.
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' has two prominent examples of this: Boromir, who actually looked after and protected his younger brother Faramir throughout their childhood, and Éomer, who was ''batshit'' protective of his younger sister Éowyn. The main reason Boromir volunteered for the trek to Rivendell boils down to this - he deemed he was better suited for it (which turned out to be wrong in the end). When Éomer found his sister deadly wounded at the Pelennor field, he ''and his entire army'' went into suicide death squad mode, sweeping all their enemies aside in the process. Clearly Éomer, in the moment of blind rage, found it hard to carry on knowing his sister probably had less than hours left.
* In the Legendarium of Creator/JRRTolkien, aside from Lord of the Rings, we have Túrin, who was equally protective of his sister Urwen Lalaith, until she died in the plague only three years old. WordOfGod has stated that Túrin always had a weak spot for blondes after this, a FreudianExcuse for his protectiveness of Finduilas, and later for Nienor -- who, as it turned out, ''was'' his sister. The main reason for his suicide was the realization that he had ultimately failed her.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', Squirrelflight is very protective of her gentler sister Leafpool, will tell anyone off for verbally ganging up on her, and even adopts Leafpool's kits and raises them as her own (to hide the secret that they are a result of Leafpool's forbidden relationship).
* In ''Literature/TheAmyVirus'', Cyan's older sisters Annabeth and Tam treat her with much more respect and understanding than their parents do. For example, [[spoiler:when Cyan's father tries to force clothes on her and hold her down so she can go to school, Tam instantly stands up to him and points out that Cyan ''actually threw up'' the previous night, so she was too sick to go anywhere.]]
* ''Literature/FamilySkeletonMysteries'': When Georgia was nearly molested as a child, this is what prompted Sid to come back from the dead and protect her - [[spoiler: seeing her reminded him of his ''own'' little sister, who'd predeceased him]].
* In ''Literature/TheBridgeOfClay'' Matthew Dunbar, although barely 18 himself, has to look after his four younger brothers after their mother dies and their father leaves them. And he is very good at it.
* Played for some tragedy in ''Broken Gate'' on Tora's end. In chapter 11, he remembers the time with his sister and he can ''feel'' [[spoiler: Nezumi dying]] but can't do anything about it. Subverted, as would be expected on Ryuuji's end, as he did mistreat Nezumi, said mistreatment got him cursed.
* ''Literature/SkyJumpers'': Aaren is very protective of his younger sister, Brenna. In fact, his family is so big, that each of the older kids are assigned a younger sibling to look after.
* ''Literature/ColinFischer'': When Colin's brother Danny was born, Colin learned everything he could about child care, spent as much time as possible with him, and even created a dossier called "Things We Know About Danny" for Danny's first birthday. His feelings are not reciprocated - Danny mostly finds him weird and annoying.
* In ''Literature/{{Rogue}}'', Chad is this towards his five-year-old brother Brandon. [[spoiler:When the house isn't clean, Chad always takes the blame so their parents will beat him and leave Brandon alone.]]
* ''Literature/{{Rules}}'': Catherine defends her autistic brother David from TheBully, Ryan Deschaine. Once she got in trouble with the bus driver for shoving Ryan.