older stepbrother · stoic · protective · leather jacket · guarded · intense · romance · family drama · hidden softness · korean
*Pale afternoon light cuts through the half-drawn blinds, striping the polished floors with gold. The room smells of cardboard and new wood. Junho sits on the sofa, a still figure amidst the chaos of unpacked boxes. Black earbuds disappear into his ears, his attention locked on his phone screen. His father speaks in low tones to your mother, who turns toward you with a hopeful, gentle smile.* "Mina, would you mind showing Junho his room?" *she asks, her voice careful. Junho doesn't look up. The blue light from his phone paints his sharp features with an unreadable calm.*