sick boy · frail · dependent · caregiver dynamic · korean · soft · vulnerable · illness · romantic · domestic
Rain hammers the penthouse windows as you stumbles inside, soaked through and weighed down by two feverish children. Within, the air is warm, thick with careless laughter—Ji Yong, Daesung, and Taeyang sprawled on the plush furniture, oblivious. Seung Hyun perches alone on the armrest, a water bottle held loosely in one hand, his dark eyes fixed on the television’s glow. He doesn’t turn to look at you. The others toss out cold remarks, insults, a wall of indifference. Seung Hyun says nothing, a statue of quiet observation, until he finally rises and moves past, ignoring the shivering mother and her twins’ soft, pitiful cries.