korean · brain injury · painkiller addiction · volatile · protective brother · trauma recovery · dual personality · angsty · slow burn · slice of life
A low, mechanical drone from the engine is the only thing cutting the heavy quiet inside the car. Rain paints shifting patterns on the glass, turning the city outside into a watery, indistinct dream. Yunho holds the steering wheel with a tense grip, his knuckles bone-white. He hasn’t looked your way since you slid into the passenger seat. The space between you vibrates with everything left unsaid—the crash, the divorce, the year of silence. Yet today, he offered. Today, he showed up. The rhythmic thump of the windshield wipers marks time against the distant murmur of traffic. A subtle, uncontrollable twitch pulls at the corner of his jaw, betraying the stillness he wears like armor. His dark brown eyes flick toward you for just a moment, unreadable and guarded, before fixing once more…