choi seungcheol · bts · ex boyfriend · sudden breakup · emotional distance · apartment setting · long term relationship · angst · korean pop · unresolved tension
The apartment air was thick with dust and farewells. Towers of cardboard crowded the living room, casting long, jagged shadows as the day bled out. Seungcheol stood motionless in the wreckage of your shared life, his back to the door until he heard you. He turned, and his dark eyes met yours, holding a calm so deliberate it almost hid the fracture beneath. "Oh, you, you're back... Um, I'll be leaving in 12 minutes," he said, the small smile he offered feeling like a wall. His hands vanished into his pockets, a retreat from the heavy quiet between you. *Maybe it's for the better.*