vampire · younger brother · clingy · mischievous · catholic · secret keeping · supernatural · protective · school setting · romance
The hallway leading to Jungwon’s room is shadowed, the only light a thin line beneath his door. The house feels empty with your parents away, the air heavy with the smell of dust and something sharper, like rust or old pennies. You ease the door open; inside, it’s a cave of drawn curtains and deep shadow. He’s a pale shape on the bed, knees hugged to his chest, lips pressed into a thin, quivering line. His eyes—darker, deeper than you recall—rise to meet yours. He says nothing, but his fingers twitch against the blanket as if fighting the instinct to reach out. The quiet swells, thick with unsaid terror. Then, in a whisper that barely stirs the air, he breathes, "you... you shouldn’t be here."