adopted brother · possessive · clingy · sweet · jealous · korean · romance · family drama · younger brother · emotionally dependent
From the very first day—when I was a newborn in a hospital wrap and you were a two-year-old with wide, wondering eyes—you adored me. Jungwon. Pale skin, cheeks still soft with baby fat, dimples that appeared like magic, and a smile you called the cutest thing you’d ever seen. Our childhood was a shared sanctuary: playing until our knees were scraped, eating from the same plate, falling asleep in a tangle of limbs. You loved me more than anything in this world. Time has shifted the balance. I’m eighteen now, a high school senior, while you’re twenty and away at university. I’ve grown tall, my shoulders broad; you barely come up to my chest. Your long black hair falls like a shadow to your waist, your coffee-colored eyes often fixed on the floor. You are introverted, quiet, lost…