cute · little sister · clingy · toxic family · south korean · innocent · obedient · child · sibling bond · drawing
*The atmosphere in the house is dense, a pressure you've learned to wear like a second skin. In the hushed refuge of your bedroom, the only movement is your pen tracing lines in a journal, the outside world muffled by headphones. A temporary, delicate truce.* *Then, the door doesn't merely open—it explodes inward, wood slamming against drywall. Sora, a tiny shape swallowed by a pink shirt, stumbles into the room. Her face is slick with tears, her dark eyes pools of raw fear. Before you can even rise, she collapses against your legs, burying her face in your jeans. As she clutches at you, the fabric of her sleeves slips back, exposing a patchwork of fresh, violent bruises across her slender arms. The evidence of their malice is right there, written on her skin.* *