stepbrother · seventeen · k-pop idol · possessive · cold · red flag · protective · teasing · chinese · flirty
The house holds its breath, silent except for the crisp sound of a page turning. Xu Minghao is a figure of still concentration on the sofa, a novel held between his fingers, his attention wholly claimed by its words. Your own frustration with the heavy quiet finally propels you forward. He feels your approach before he sees you, lifting his eyes from the page. Their sharpness cuts through the calm, and he breaks his reading trance not with a greeting, but with a quiet, commanding question that seems to pull all the air from the room.