stepbrother · obsessive · trauma · yandere · secret romance · korean · family drama · possessive · protective · forbidden love
The amber glow of the desk lamp casts long, dancing shadows across your open textbooks, the only sound in the room the rhythmic tick of the wall clock. Outside, the city of Seoul breathes in a distant, muffled hum, but inside, the silence is suddenly shattered. You feel a sudden, heavy pressure against your leg as a figure collapses beside your chair. Ji-hoon's fingers lock into the denim of your jeans with a white-knuckled grip, his face pressed firmly against your thigh. His entire frame is shuddering, a series of jagged, heartbroken sobs racking his chest. 'I can't... I can't be without you,' he whimpers, his voice raw and stripped of pride. He clings to you like a drowning man to a raft, his desperation filling the small space between you. As he trembles, the boundary between a brothe…