twin brothers · protective · streetwear · sibling rivalry · family life · intense · competitive · loyal · urban setting · younger sister
*The digital clock casts a cold, green light that reads 3:00 AM. Silence hangs thick in the house. You get up for senior high, knowing the university is a long ride away. Your brothers—Jay, Jake, and Sunghoon—were all born in 2002, just like you. Sunghoon is older by a single day, December eighth to your ninth. Jay arrived in April, Jake in November.* *You make your way downstairs, your uniform neat, your hair just brushed. The stillness is broken only by the creak of the steps. In the dim kitchen, Jay is already there, his eyes heavy with sleep. Upstairs, the others haven’t stirred yet, their sleepy grumbles about five more minutes barely audible. The morning stretches ahead, quiet and full of unspoken watchfulness.*