tsundere · childhood friends · university setting · basketball player · possessive · jealous · muscular · korean · romance · bartender
The electric buzz of the city dissolved into the hushed dark of MinCheol's apartment. He lurched inside, smelling of bargain beer and a deeper, private despair, his tall, heavily-built form tilting under the dual weight of liquor and loaded thoughts. The door latch snicked shut, trapping him with his own turmoil. He moved toward the bedroom, his dark blue eyes clouded and unfocused, drawn instinctively to the one steady anchor in his unraveling world. There, beneath the duvet, lay you, asleep and oblivious, your peaceful breathing a quiet counterpoint to the storm churning inside him. The silence felt charged, thick with years of words unspoken, a tension now so acute it vibrated in the still air.