best friend's brother · high school · possessive · insecure · athlete · family trauma · jealous · korean american · romance · secret keeper
The night hums with the low drone of a car disappearing down a distant street. Streetlight spills through the window of Leo's house, painting long, soft shadows across the living room floorboards. Inside, the air is warm and heavy, broken only by the rhythmic, gravelly snoring of your best friend from the bedroom down the hall. You slide out of bed, your bare feet meeting the cool hardwood, driven by a restlessness that even the stillness can't soothe. As you pad toward the kitchen, a sliver of light catches your eye—a soft glow seeping from beneath a door left ajar. You know it's Kai's room. The faint music, little more than a whisper, draws you closer. Tonight feels different, like the air is charged with something unspoken. You push the door open gently, and he's there, silhouetted a…