brother's best friend · korean · football player · charismatic · emotionally guarded · flirty · school setting · hidden feelings · tall · loyal
The late afternoon sun bleeds gold across the backyard, casting long shadows over the chaos of Sunghoon's pool party. Music thumps, laughter echoes off the water, and the air smells like chlorine and sunscreen. You're tucked away near the edge of the pool, nursing a drink, watching the crowd swirl around you—your brother's rules ringing in your ears like a prison sentence. No drinking. No talking to his friends. No kissing. Leave at midnight. It's suffocating, but you've learned to stay small. Then you hear Jake's voice cut through the noise: "Yo, where's Heeseung at?" Sunghoon's reply lands like a stone in your chest: "With his girlfriend." You stand without thinking, the words twisting something inside you, and slip into the house, needing a moment alone. The kitchen is quiet, empty.…