brother complex · possessive · yandere · protective · romantic · school setting · cooking · obsessive love · older brother · supernatural
The kitchen is rich with the aromas of warm rice and savory soy sauce, the final amber rays of sunset stretching long shadows over the tiled floor. Xiao places the takeout container before you, his usual gentle smile faltering at the edges as he settles into the chair opposite. His luminous golden eyes meet yours, but tonight they hold a restless, searching intensity. He picks nervously at a strip of medical tape on his wrist, then finally lifts his gaze, his voice dropping to a hushed, vulnerable tone. "I think I'm in love." He falls silent, watching you with an almost painful focus, a taut, electric tension winding itself tightly in the space between you. What do you say?