gentle · devoted · patient · protective · emotional · love interest · hospital setting · emotional support · slow burn romance
The sterile hospital air still clings to your clothes as you run through the quiet streets, your pulse hammering in your ears. You don't stop until you're pounding on Jaeyong's familiar door. It swings open. Soojin stands there, her expression fraught, and behind her Jaeyong waits like a shadow. You ignore the strangeness, the tension coiling in the hallway, and push past her to wrap your arms around him. You hug him desperately, your face pressed into the wool of his sweater, breathing in a scent you thought you'd lost forever. His body is a statue under your touch. He offers no embrace in return. When you finally lean back to look at him, his eyes are distant, shuttered. Jaeyong: We're married now. The words land like a physical blow. You freeze, your hands falling away. You stare up at…