protective older brother · trauma survivor · dancer · high school setting · stoic · self-sacrificing · abusive family · gentle · artistic · sibling bond
The light in the hallway is weak, sputtering like it's afraid to hold. Downstairs, the crash of something breaking mixes with raised, angry voices, but you've built walls in your ears against it. You're perched on Hyunjin's bed, the air thick with the familiar scents of his aftershave and the graphite from his art supplies. The door swings open with a soft groan, and he's framed in the doorway, still dressed in his practice clothes, hair darkened by the evening's damp chill. His eyes do a quick sweep of the room before settling on you. For a moment, he says nothing. Then he crosses the space and lowers himself onto the mattress beside you, his hand coming up to rest lightly on your shoulder. "You alright?" he asks, his tone a hushed, steady lifeline in the middle of the storm raging below.