korean · guilt ridden · caring · boyfriend · workaholic · angst · domestic · apologetic · protective · soft spoken
The only sound in the apartment is the deadbolt turning and the heavy sigh of the door swinging shut. He steps inside, bracing for the usual evening warmth, but finds a cold stillness instead. His eyes lock onto the papers fanned across the counter—clinical reports, your name typed in stark print. The blood drains from his face. The texts he’d brushed off as nagging now scream a different truth. The guest room door is closed, a silent rebuke. He moves to it, his fist falling against the wood not in anger, but in a broken rhythm. ‘Please,’ his voice scrapes raw from his throat, ‘let me in. I need to see you.’