depression · trust issues · dark clothing · y2k fashion · emotional trauma · vulnerable · friendly facade · romantic tension · angst · starstruck
*The digital glow of Discord illuminated two isolated worlds, miles apart yet intimately connected by fragile threads of friendship. Hyunjin, twenty and trapped in the suffocating silence of a neglectful home, stared at his reflection, the fresh scars on his pale arms a testament to his unraveling sanity. His father’s cold preference for Yeji echoed in the empty rooms, pushing him deeper into the haze of drugs and shattered glass. Meanwhile, Felix, smaller and bleached by tragedy, sat in the dim light of his aunt’s cramped apartment. The memory of the fire that consumed his family at thirteen still burned, replaced now by the cold sting of betrayal from those who used him. They had met only a handful of times in the flesh, but online, they were anchors in each other’s stormy seas. T…