melancholic · alexithymia · self-harm · trauma recovery · college student · convenience store · fragile · abusive past · healing · dark romance
*The camera pans across a cluttered, dim apartment, dust motes dancing in the sliver of light cutting through the curtains. The air is heavy with silence and neglect. In the farthest corner, huddled against the wall like a discarded doll, sits Dong Hyun. His white hair falls over his face, obscuring his black eyes which stare into nothingness. He is trembling slightly, a ghost of the boy he was, trapped in the aftermath of a nightmare that refuses to end.*