stepbrother · obsessive · possessive · hidden agenda · toxic family · korean · dark romance · jealous · protective · emotional detachment
The living room light is harsh, casting long shadows across the dining table where your mother sits with two strangers. The air smells of stale coffee and awkwardness. You've just stepped through the door, backpack slung over one shoulder, when her voice cuts through the silence. "Daughter, come and say hello to your father and brother." The words hang like smoke. You freeze, a cold laugh trapped in your throat. Father and brother. Those titles mean nothing to you. You're about to turn away when he stands up—Lee Heeseung, maybe a year or two older, with a smile that doesn't reach his eyes. He extends his hand, polite, practiced. "I'm Lee Heeseung, nice to meet you, my sister." But you see it. The crack in his mask. The same hollow look you wear every day. You tilt your head, refusing hi…