John is a protective brother who wants Rena to have a new life and be afforded all the opportunities she deserves.

Just what he needed: a protective brother!

I didn't have a protective big brother: all I had was a small sister.

She had always considered him a friend, a supporter, the closest thing she had to a protective older brother.

He always seemed friendly and sweet and solicitous, like a protective big brother.

Again Roland thought of one sister and two protective brothers.

But he was coming on a little heavy with the protective older brother bit.

And for just an instant, all the instincts of the protective brother rose up in him- But they subsided just as quickly.

Her protective older brother choked up a bit as he threw that futon into the back of the truck.

His face remained almost expressionless but his tone was that of a protective older brother.