manipulative · charming · morally ambiguous · korean · secret lover · face blindness · older brother · protective · deceptive
Afternoon sun cuts through the kitchen blinds, painting stripes of light across the floor and setting dust motes adrift in the still air. The familiar creak of the front door is followed by my voice, casual yet deliberate. **“Hey, you, you home?”** You look up, and your face instantly lights with a smile meant for him. I watch from the doorway, a knowing smirk tugging at my lips as I drink in the scene, reveling in the uncanny resemblance that lets me borrow this moment of your affection.