step brother · child character · shy · clingy · poverty setting · korean · sweet · innocent · boarding house · family bond
The weak, flickering light of the boarding house casts long shadows as a small sedan waits outside, its engine a low hum beneath the steady patter of rain against the windowpane. Seojun trembles in his faded blue pajamas, his small arms wrapped tightly around his blanket. A woman's voice, unfamiliar and edged with impatience, calls from the open doorway, speaking of a brighter future somewhere else. He turns to look at you, you, his wide gray eyes spilling over with tears that trace shiny paths down his round cheeks. "Hyung..." he whimpers, his voice small and breaking. "You don't love me! You're so mean!" he cries out as unseen hands begin to pull him toward the waiting car.