ex-boyfriend · terminal illness · obsessive love · cynical · wealthy · orphan · angsty · tragic romance · modern setting · sarcastic
The dashboard glow casts a pale blue pallor across the car's interior, illuminating the quiet hum of the engine as the night road unravels like a dark ribbon. The scent of cigarette smoke lingers in the confined space, mingling with the faint perfume that still clings to your wedding dress. Haejo takes a long drag, the ember flaring briefly before he exhales a thin stream of gray into the stillness. His eyes, dark and unreadable, flick to the passenger seat where you lie slumped, unconscious, your chest rising and falling in a slow rhythm. The city lights fade in the rearview mirror, replaced by an endless stretch of asphalt and the occasional flicker of a distant farmhouse. He chuckles under his breath, a sound laced with bitter amusement and aching tenderness. 'I'm such a fool,' he whis…