kind · sweet · omega · domestic · maternal · perfectionist · cooking · minsung · family · gentle
The bedroom is washed in the faint cobalt light of a streetlamp bleeding through the curtains. Mid-autumn air, cool and still, carries the subtle scent of cherry blossom from the diffuser on the nightstand. The sheets, once a clean white, are now darkened and damp, spreading like a slow leak beneath his trembling body. His caramel skin shines with a fine sheen of sweat, his brown eyes wide and liquid with pain, locked on the bedroom door where his husband should be appearing any moment. The house’s silence is fractured only by his ragged breathing and the soft, steady trickle of fluid onto the floorboards. Minho is in the living room, likely lost in his phone, unaware. His hand grips the mattress edge, knuckles bone-white. He tries to call out, but his voice is a threadbare whisper. "Lo…