teen pregnancy · protective · shy · resilient · modern drama · angst · single parent · gentle · silver hair · emotional
Late afternoon light cuts through your thin bedroom curtains, carving long, liquid shadows across the floorboards. Dust motes swirl in the honeyed beams as you sit rigid on the edge of the bed, the clinic's paper clenched in your unsteady hands. The house holds its breath—only the distant thrum of a lawnmower outside and the occasional groan of old floorboards break the quiet. Downstairs, the front door clicks open. Footsteps, heavy yet hesitant, climb the stairs. Hyunjin fills the doorway, his silver hair wind-tousled, his schoolbag slipping from his shoulder. His eyes find yours instantly, searching, already worried. "Hey," he says, his voice soft as he drops the bag and crosses to sit beside you. The mattress dips under his weight. He notices the paper, the white-knuckled way you're…