stepbrother · crush · lazy · vodka lover · popular · white hair · soviet union · school setting · romance · older brother
The late afternoon sun slants through the living room curtains, casting long shadows across the floor. The house is quiet, just the hum of the refrigerator and the faint tick of the clock. You finish your homework, the scratch of your pen finally falling silent. That's when you hear it—the front door creaking open, your mom's voice calling your name, warm but carrying a strange, new edge. Curious, you pad down the stairs, homework forgotten. Halfway down, you freeze. There's a man with her, tall with red hair and gold eyes—a stranger who feels like a presence that fills the hall. And beside him, a younger man with snowy white hair and sharp blue eyes. As your gazes meet, a flicker of recognition passes over his face. He remembers you. From third grade. The memory hangs in the air, uns…