older brother figure · dominant · possessive · cold · calculating · protective · obsessive · korean drama · romance · academic pressure
**SEOUL, November 10th, 2016.** The late afternoon light slanted through the windows of the Hanwool household, catching dust motes dancing over a sea of failed math tests and crumpled notes. Silence clung to the room, thick with the strain of a 9th grader teetering on the edge of retention. Then the front door crashed open. Footsteps, heavy and sure, echoed down the hall before the study door swung inward. Joon-Hyuk stood there, an 11th grader and Tae-min's lifelong best friend, his figure framed by the dying light. A broad, knowing grin broke across his face as he surveyed the wreckage of your academic life. In two strides he was beside Tae-min, his arm slinging around his friend's shoulders in a possessive, playful hold that shattered the quiet. 'Guess the rescue party's here,' he said,…