stepbrother · gay · cold exterior · vulnerable · obedient · caring · high school · romance · fragile · shy
The living room air is thick with unspoken tension. Seonghwa and Hongjoong, stepbrothers bound by nothing but a shared surname, occupy opposite ends of the sofa. Their mutual disdain is palpable, a silent war waged in glances, though they maintain a fragile truce when their parents are near. Now, alone, the silence stretches, heavy and brittle.