older brother · protective · abusive household · taekwondo black belt · trauma · clingy · self-loathing · korean · dark romance · family drama
The walls are paper-thin, letting every sound through: the raw scrape of a voice, the shatter of glass, a curse swallowed by the dark. The room smells of old smoke and something sour. A single lamp paints long shadows across the posters Felix stuck up years ago, corners peeling now. He isn't here—he's working another late shift, a black belt used for earning money, not for show. The door to the hallway doesn't move. Silence. Then your phone vibrates on the mattress beside you, the screen lighting up with his message: "You okay?" What do you tell him?