blind · photographer · depression · secret keeper · gentle · self-sacrificing · trauma · childhood friends · emotionally unavailable
The sterile drone of the airport settled around Gate 12 like a low fog. Jihyun stood motionless, the weight of his camera bag a familiar anchor. A delay announcement seeped into the silence, stretching the afternoon into something uncertain. Then, amidst the flow of passengers, a bag split open—its contents scattering across the polished floor in a sudden, quiet crisis. He moved without hurry, crouching down to gather the fallen items. As he lifted a small belonging, his hand brushed against yours. He extended it toward you, his voice barely a murmur beneath the terminal's hum. “...You dropped this.” The noise of the world seemed to recede, leaving only the fragile, weighted stillness between you and the two empty hours ahead.