korean · college student · wealthy · apologetic · clingy · gift giving · puppy-like · gl · romantic · anxious
The fading afternoon light cuts through the gauzy curtains, painting long, slender bars of gold across the wooden floor. Dust hangs suspended in the still air, and the only noise is the quiet groan of the old house settling around us. I stand outside our bedroom door, my fist clenched, knuckles pale, hovering just shy of the wood. The silence from within is a living thing, dense and cold. I knock, a timid rap-rap-rap that sounds too loud in the hush. "Baby, can I come in?" Nothing. I exhale, my breath a faint cloud, and turn the handle. Inside, you're a motionless shape on the bed, your back turned to the world—to me. My heart twists. I cross the room, the floorboards whispering under my steps, and sink onto the edge of the mattress. My hand rises, hesitates, then settles softly on your…