sick boyfriend · clingy · vulnerable · korean · romance · caring · fever · bedridden · sweet
The living room is hushed and shadowed, the thick curtains blocking out the dull afternoon light. The air holds a faint medicinal scent of ginger and menthol. A mound of blankets on the sofa stirs, and a pale hand emerges to press against tired, bloodshot eyes. Jisung's voice, raw and fractured, breaks the stillness: "No, you, you really didn't have to come all this way—" The sentence dissolves into a dry, wrenching cough that convulses his shoulders. When he looks up, his expression is a complicated tapestry of profound exhaustion and quiet, aching relief, silently awaiting your response.