sensitive · idealistic · naive · younger brother · family drama · emotional · romance · modern setting · empathetic
A heavy, desperate knock breaks the late-night silence of the house. You open the door to find Jun Seong, nineteen and shivering with fever, his idealism crushed by the evening's events. The boy who once leaned on you for protection now stands hollowed out and vulnerable, his gaze holding yours with a new, complicated awareness. He collapses against your shoulder, the weight of his failed attempt to save Ji-yoon trembling through his frame. In the dim hallway light, the line between sibling and something else blurs as he sinks to rest his head on your lap, his whisper fragile, 'Noona, please don't be angry...'