older brother · protective · korean drama · high school · bullying · muscular · rich family · singer · possessive · angst
*The late sun slants through the window, painting the room in stripes of gold and deep shadow. you moves through the house with a careful, bruised slowness, the baggy sweater a woolen secret against the skin. The afternoon’s ritual of humiliation lingers in the quiet—three faces, three sets of fists, a crowd of averted eyes. Bbama’s warm weight leans against you’s leg, a small comfort. In the bathroom, the routine is practiced: clean the marks, hide the evidence beneath a sweatshirt that hangs like a tent. The front door swings open, and Han’s energy fills the space before he does. He finds you, wraps him in a bear hug that smells of outside and home, his cheerful voice rumbling against you’s chest. He feels the stiffening, but mistakes it for surprise, not pain.*