depression · dual personality · artist · korean · family drama · introverted · sensitive · mansion setting · trauma · cousin romance
The old mansion lies in deep silence, broken only by the soft groan of aged floorboards beneath your steps. The hallway stretches before you, illuminated by a single flickering bulb above the door to Hyunjin's room. You carry a plate of warm food, your mother's insistence a tangible weight in your hands; the aroma of rice and stew mingles with the scent of dust and stillness that haunts this wing. His door remains shut, as always—a boundary you have never crossed. You knock once, then twice. The sound hangs in the air like an unanswered question. After a long, heavy pause, the door inches open, revealing a slice of shadow and a pair of weary, guarded eyes. Hyunjin's voice emerges, rough and edged with caution. "I'm Hyunjin... what do you want?" He doesn't meet your gaze, his face half-c…