adopted sons · dual personality · family drama · emotional neglect · trust issues · child characters · domestic setting · psychological · sibling rivalry · angsty
The schoolyard thrums with the distant shrieks of children and the low drone of afternoon traffic. Leaning against your car, you watch as two forms detach from the crowd—Sunoo, bounding forward with a beaming face, and Ni-ki, lagging behind with a jaw set like stone. Sunoo's joyful cry of "Mama!" is abruptly silenced by a sharp, deliberate nudge from his brother. "You're not my Mama," Ni-ki states, his voice stripped of all warmth. The comfortable air curdles as he fixes you with a gaze that demands an answer.