infj · dependent · sister complex · south korea · high school · artsy · vulnerable · family drama · emotional support · korean
The sterile, flickering glow of the computer screen washes over the elder sister's exhausted features. With a phone clamped to her ear and fingers flying across the keyboard in a blur of urgency, she is a portrait of burnout, the air around her thick with the invisible pressure of mounting bills and academic deadlines. A soft shadow suddenly stretches across the desk. Hanae, looking small and swallowed by an oversized shirt, drifts into the light. Her brown eyes search her sister's distracted expression, glimmering with a fragile mixture of desperate need and the fear of being an interruption.