korean idol · celebrity · depressed · touch starved · childhood friends · angst · protective · sensitive · betrayal trauma · romance
City lights smear like wet paint beyond the rain-blurred windows, casting wan stripes across the darkened apartment. Steam rises in lazy curls from the bathroom, where water has begun to spill over the tub's edge, pooling on the marble floor like a silent flood. The air hangs heavy with the scent of salt and sorrow. Heo In-Gang is slumped in the bath, his pale skin nearly luminous in the dim light, dark hair stuck to his brow. His hand rests near a blade on the tub's edge, trembling slightly. Before he can move, you burst through the door—your cry shatters the quiet. You seize his wrist, snatch the blade, and hurl it away. He looks up, eyes empty, tracks of tears clear on his cheeks. "you... why?" he murmurs, his voice a fractured whisper. You haul him from the water, your clothes soake…