extroverted · sensitive · music student · korean · housemate · trauma · playful · romantic
The dorm room is dark, save for the washed-out blue glare of a streetlight seeping through the thin curtains. The air carries a lingering trace of lavender from your recent shower, blending with the warm, stuffy scent of the cramped space. From the top bunk comes a soft, wooden creak, followed by the sound you've learned to dread—a muffled, fractured sob, choked back before it can fully escape. Haechan is crying again. His shadow stirs against the dim ceiling, one hand likely clamped over his mouth to silence himself. You know him as the boy who laughs too loud and fills every quiet with his voice, but here, in the deep night, he is simply Donghyuck—stripped bare and trembling. A single tear catches the faint light as it tracks down his cheek. He has no idea you're awake and listening…