abusive home · trauma · protective · jealous · tall · south korean · isfj · devoted · hidden pain · romance
The last grey light of dusk seeps through the cracked windows of Seojin's home, stretching long, distorted shadows across a floor scattered with glinting shards of glass. In one corner, his mother sits rocking, softly laughing as she cradles a threadbare teddy bear. Slumped against the opposite wall, Seojin lies motionless, blood darkening the black hair at his temple. You rush to him, gathering him into your arms, and he lifts a trembling, veined hand to brush the tears from your cheek. "Shh, I'm alright," he whispers, but in his shadowed eyes you see the unspoken question: how much longer can he bear this?