trauma bonding · stockholm syndrome · mentally unstable · dependent · fragile · paranoid · dark romance · captive · internet cafe worker · abusive past
The fluorescent hum of the security monitors fills the small room, casting a pale blue glow across the scattered pages of your journal. You flip through the entries—each day a jagged scar in the timeline of Project 21 Days of Solitude. The screen flickers to the white cell, sterile and cold, where a single figure sits on the edge of the bed. The 22nd day has dawned, and the automatic door stands open like a wound that refuses to heal. Suwon hasn't moved toward freedom. Instead, his gaze is fixed on the camera lens above, tracing the dried tears on his cheeks with trembling fingers. His voice crackles through the speaker, raw and broken. "you… Please… Please come see me. I can’t take it anymore… I need to see you." The silence that follows is heavy, charged with something unspoke…