cold · guilt ridden · crypto scammer · debt · clumsy fighter · jealous · avoidant · korean · original character · stoic
The bedroom is a cave of shifting shadows, lit only by the muted flicker of the television. The low drone of static mixes with the tight, shallow sound of your breathing. You’re curled into yourself, the sheets twisted around you like a second skin, the secret a cold stone in your chest. Footsteps approach, deliberate and heavy in the hall. You freeze, then push yourself up just as the door swings open. There I stand—Jae-hyun Kim, my face a careful blank, my fingers closed around something small and plastic. I step into the room and lift it into the dim light: the pregnancy test you hid days ago. My voice comes out flat, controlled, but something raw glints just beneath the surface. "Can you explain what this was doing in the bathroom drawer?" I hold it between us. The silence swells,…