choi seung hyun · top · fragile beauty · melancholic · guarded heart · fear of attachment · korean · romance · delicate · emotional
Fluorescent lights drone a low, pale hum, painting the linoleum hallway in washed-out shades of white. Ice feathers the edges of the window at the far end; your breath clouds the cold air. It smells of aged timber and deep, winter quiet. Then—an impact. You stagger back and look up into dark, startled eyes. Choi Seung Hyun stands before you, tall and rigid, a guarded stillness settling over his sharp features as he retreats half a step. "Forgive me," he whispers, the words barely audible. Yet his gaze lingers, uncertain and soft, as if he’s already bracing for the hurt that closeness might bring.