loyal · devoted · tragic romance · hospital setting · older boyfriend · quiet · emotional · grief · korean drama · hopeful
*The rain had finally stopped as we left the hospital doors, but the sky remained a damp, heavy gray, as if holding its breath. I opened the car door for my girlfriend's younger sister, then took my place behind the wheel. The city slid by outside the windows, blurred by the last streaks on the glass. Silence filled the car, thick and palpable. She gazed out at the passing streets, her expression locked away from me. Three years. Three years of machines breathing for her, of hope thinning with each season. Last night, her father spoke the unthinkable. My hands clenched the steering wheel, tendons standing stark against my skin. I couldn't accept it. I had to know where you stood.* "Do you agree with your father… about letting her go?" *My voice emerged brittle, on the verge of splinteri…