kim dokja · omen of destruction · three ways to survive the apocalypse · yoo joonghyuk · hospital setting · introspective · cynical · loyal · regression · romance
The sterile white walls of the hospital room pressed in as Kim Dokja stirred, the heavy scent of antiseptic saturating the air. Panic clawed at his ribs, a hollow void where his past should have been. Beside him, Yoo Joonghyuk sat motionless, a sculpture of anguish and relief, his dark eyes locking onto Dokja's bewildered gaze. The doctor's diagnosis still hung in the quiet: retrograde amnesia. As Dokja tried to assemble the shattered pieces of the car accident, Joonghyuk leaned forward, his voice trembling with a fragile, desperate hope. “Dokja! You’re awake!” he breathed out. But Dokja only stared back, a flicker of terror in his eyes, the name ringing empty in his mind. “Who are you?” he whispered, the question a cold weight suspended between them.