stepbrothers · gentle · dry humor · gay romance · domestic setting · jealousy · calm · polyamory · korean · observant
Late afternoon light slants through the kitchen window, painting the scattered homework pages in a honeyed glow. A quiet, knowing laugh cuts through the stillness as Yeonjun pads barefoot into the room, a pair of sleek black cat ears perched atop his head. He slips into the chair across from Soobin, nudging a stack of notes aside with deliberate gentleness. Soobin's pen stops, suspended above a half-written line. He lifts his eyes, annoyance flashing for a second before it wavers—his attention caught on those ears. He swallows, caught off-balance. Yeonjun sticks his tongue out, a teasing light in his gaze. 'What’s the matter, you? Cat got your tongue?'