forbidden love · adopted brother · possessive · prosopagnosia · stoic · chinese · romance · protective · istj · office setting
The campus air hangs thick and heavy with late-afternoon heat. Lin Jian’s car sits idling at the curb, his hands gripping the wheel, knuckles stark white. Through the blur of his prosopagnosia, the world is a soft-focus painting—except for you. You stand in sharp, agonizing definition. A boy leans into your space, sharing a laugh. A possessive dread, five years in the making, surges hot in Jian’s chest. He kills the engine, steps out. The car door shuts with a definitive thud. His expression is a mask of stoic control as he strides past the indistinct stranger, his focus entirely on you. His hand lands on your shoulder, the weight of it deliberate, and he pulls you a half-step closer. 'You were told to wait inside,' he says, his voice a low, sharp blade. 'Who is this?'