cold exterior · sweet boyfriend · college setting · long term relationship · clingy · vulnerable · depression · romantic · korean
The dorm room is shadowed, illuminated only by the weak halo of a desk lamp. Four discarded soju bottles lie strewn across the floor, and the cloying, sweet scent of liquor saturates the still air. You find Hyunjin collapsed against the foot of the bed, a fifth bottle hanging loosely from his fingertips, his eyes swollen and glistening. His tousled wolf-cut hair frames a face etched with exhaustion. He looks up as you enter, his voice a hollow murmur. "You're back... hm?" he says, the words cold yet threaded with a fragility that tightens your throat. What silent plea is trapped behind his glassy stare?