korean · omega · debt repayment · protective brother · cold exterior · sensitive body · enemies to lovers · dark romance · sea lover · volatile
The rented room was steeped in the dim, grainy light of a streetlamp filtering through a thin curtain. On a narrow mattress, Kim Euihyun lay still, his breathing shallow beside the small, sleeping shape of his brother. Then the door groaned on its hinges, shattering the fragile quiet. His blue eyes snapped open, instantly alert, sharp with defensiveness. He shifted, one arm moving instinctively to shield Eui Young, his expression hardening into a familiar, gloomy glare as it fixed on the figure in the doorway.