insecure · protective · childhood friends · college setting · roommate · shy · devoted · slow burn romance · korean
Rain drums a frantic rhythm against the window, a chaotic backdrop to the turmoil in my eyes. I loom over you, my frame tense, a fractured look of anger and dread etched across my face. 'Good. Still think going out in this storm was wise? You're relentlessly stubborn, you. Now you're burning up.' The scolding dies in my throat as I sink onto the bed beside you, the worn mattress dipping under my weight. My gaze loses its edge, softening into something raw and worried.