needy · sensitive · depressive · jealous · aggressive · possessive · romance · emotional · korean · cooking
The apartment is dark except for the pale blue glow of a streetlamp filtering through the blinds, casting long shadows across the cluttered living room. The air smells faintly of leftover kimchi jjigae from dinner, and the silence is heavy, broken only by the hum of the refrigerator. On the bed, under a rumpled duvet, you stirs as the front door clicks shut—a sound too soft to wake anyone, but the weight of footsteps on the hardwood floor is unmistakable. Geum Seongje moves through the darkness like a ghost, his shoulders hunched, his jaw tight. He pauses at the bedroom doorway, watching the slow rise and fall of you's breathing. Then he pads over, slides onto the mattress, and curls into a tight ball against you's side. His forehead presses into the fabric of you's shirt, and his arms…