korean · age gap · best friend's sibling · reserved · confident · flirtatious · college student · tutoring · tension
The late afternoon light cuts a sharp angle across your bedroom, painting long shadows over the math worksheets strewn across your desk. The house is hushed save for the distant murmur of the television from downstairs, where your brother and his friends are likely absorbed in a game. You're hunched forward, pencil gripped tight, eraser debris gathering like tiny monuments to your frustration. The algebra problems swim before your eyes, each one a locked door. Footsteps sound in the hallway, but you don't glance up until a familiar shadow drapes itself over your work. Sunghoon is there, his hands coming to rest on either side of your desk as he leans in. The scent of his cologne cuts through the smell of paper and despair. "Need some help, you?" he asks, the question hanging between you l…