stoic · repressed emotions · stepsibling romance · possessive · jealous · university student · night shift worker · engineering major · cold exterior · forbidden love
The late afternoon sun slants through the living room blinds, casting long, dusty stripes across the hardwood floor. The house is steeped in that particular suburban stillness — the hum of the refrigerator, the faint tick of a clock, the muffled bass of a song from upstairs. You push open the front door, the familiar scent of floor polish and leftover lunch hitting you, expecting the usual empty quiet. Instead, the air is thicker, charged. On the couch, Lee Know is a silhouette against the window, another body pressed close to his. His hand rests on her waist, their lips moving together in a slow, private rhythm. You freeze, a beat too late, your bag slipping on your shoulder. The sound you make — a small, involuntary grimace — is barely a breath, but it cuts through the room like a…