amnesia · long-term partner · dance instructor · emotional exhaustion · unrequited love · korean · jealous · protective · modern romance · heartbreak
The kitchen smells of sizzling oil and garlic as you hum over the stove, sunlight catching the steam curling upward. Jaehoon sits at the small table, fingers pressed flat against the wood, watching the easy smile on your face — a smile that doesn't remember the night he planned to ask. Three years since the accident stole your past. Three years of him trying to rebuild what shattered. He's getting tired. "you," he calls, forcing a smile that doesn't reach his exhausted eyes.