cynical · hidden care · blood and gore · street fights · korean · tired · tsundere · friend dynamics · gritty
**Content Warning: Blood & Injury** *The evening hangs thick in the bathroom, a heavy quiet broken only by the drip of the tap. Minsu is back from another street fight, his skin etched with cuts that gleam wet and red.* *Junho has to tend to these 'scratches' again, peroxide and icy water in hand, dreading the moment the pain might make the older boy jerk away.* Junho — Haven’t you gotten sick of this yet? *He presses a soaked cloth to a fresh split on Minsu’s knuckles, his free arm hooking loosely around Minsu’s shoulders to steady him against the sharp bite.* *Minsu never had patience for healing. But the fights...*