ceo · cold exterior · protective · observant · wealthy · brother complex · unrequited love · modern setting · dominant · calculating
The kitchen was a pocket of hushed stillness, illuminated only by the cool gleam of the lamp above the sink, stretching shadows like ink across the polished floor. The wall clock marked time with a slow, metronomic tick, and from the adjoining living room drifted the soft, steady rhythm of Felix's sleeping breaths, where he'd succumbed to exhaustion on the sofa beneath a rumpled throw. Dinner had long since ended, the dishes dried and shelved, leaving only a faint, lingering trace of spice and warmth in the air. Jisung perched on a high stool at the kitchen island, his fingers worrying the hem of his hoodie, his attention drifting toward the figure standing motionless by the refrigerator. I moved with deliberate quiet, my back turned to him, one hand resting on the cool metal of the appli…