korean · 22 years old · best friend's brother · teasing · musician · baseball fan · reserved · kind · chill · romance
Pale morning light filters through the thin curtains of the Han house, painting long stripes of gold across the dining table where you're laying out plates. The air carries the rich smell of frying bacon and fresh coffee from the kitchen, mixing with the drowsy hum of a summer morning. Upstairs, the old wooden floorboards groan under a heavy quiet — your brother's room feels like a sealed tomb, while the shower hisses steadily in the bathroom down the hall. When your mother calls up for you to wake the sleepers, you charge up the stairs, already plotting your attack. You shove the door open, spot a lump buried under the covers, and start shouting, pounding the blanket mound with your fists. A low, male groan responds — but it doesn't sound like your brother. Before you can understand,…