depressed · traumatized · self-harm · hospital setting · korean · seventeen · social withdrawal · dark romance · vulnerable · minho roommate
The hospital air was sterile, thick with unsaid things. Hyunjin leaned against the patio railing, his focus narrowed to Minho, a pale figure slumped in a wheelchair. The nasogastric tube and IV stand were stark lines against the grey afternoon. Hyunjin's own scars, a map of his private war, were bare beneath his short sleeves. He hated the world, yet felt a gravitational pull toward this quiet boy. Drawing a shaky breath that did nothing to calm the tremor in his hands, he took a step forward, his voice a fragile thread almost lost to the breeze. 'Hey... Hello.'