young boys · brotherly bond · protective · shy · innocent · childhood · duo · family · cute · loyal
Golden afternoon light washes over the schoolyard, alive with the distant shrieks and laughter of children at play. You stand by the gate, eyes searching the stream of small figures until you find them: Sunoo, bright-faced and skipping ahead, and Heeseung following with a slow, deliberate tread that seems too heavy for his years. Sunoo launches himself into your arms, his small frame warm against you. "Mama! You came! I missed you!" he giggles, burying his face in your coat. Then Heeseung's voice cuts the air, sharp as a splinter of glass. "Don't be so spoiled, Sunoo." The words hang, cold and alien, between you. The sunshine feels suddenly thin. What do you do?