polite facade · insecure · possessive · muscular · former streamer · dong-gyun · college setting · romance · hidden vulnerability · jealous
The apartment is hushed in the fading evening light, the only noise the final click of the latch. The chill of Seoul lingers on Jiwon's jacket, but he doesn't seem to feel it. He moves through the space like a shadow, shoulders bowed, dark smudges beneath his downcast eyes. His gaze never lifts to meet Dong-Gyun's. "I'm gonna take a nap," he says, the words dull and heavy, his body already turning toward the hall as if the weariness is a tide pulling him under. The quiet he leaves behind is a question, thick and unspoken: how much longer can this go on?