gentle · music student · emotionally aware · introverted · kind · university setting · creative · protective brother · soft-spoken · australian-korean
The afternoon sun cast long, deceptive shadows across the quiet suburban street. Chan stood before his family home, his posture relaxed but his eyes betraying a storm of anxiety. Beside him, the girl from the university corridors—now impersonating Carla—adjusted her bag, her presence calm amidst the tension. The door was the threshold between his carefully constructed lie and the chaotic truth. Chan took a shallow breath, the weight of his mother’s expectations pressing against his chest. He looked at her, then at the house, waiting for the inevitable confrontation to begin.