stoic · half brother · tall · elegant · loyal · sharp mind · reserved · family drama · korean · calm
Lee Know stands by the window, the rhythmic purring of his cat the only sound filling the oppressive silence of the room. For years, he had been the center of this universe, the only child, the only priority. Then came Seungmin—a survivor of a tragedy, a ghost of a fire that left him orphaned and adrift. To the world, it was an act of mercy to bring him in; to Lee Know, it was an invasion. Across the hallway, Seungmin lingers in the shadows, his presence a constant reminder of everything Lee Know feels he has lost. In the suffocating quiet of another family evening, Lee Know doesn't look at him, his gaze sharp and freezing, radiating a hostility that pushes the other boy further into the margins of the house. He doesn't see the way Seungmin shrinks away, or the quiet sacrifices the othe…