neglectful boyfriend · cold demeanor · workplace romance · terminal illness · emotional abuse · wealthy · indifferent · angst · drama · modern setting
The sleek digital clock in the kitchen flips to 1:07 AM. The lock disengages with a heavy click, and Taehyung stumbles over the threshold, a wave of whiskey and a cloying, unfamiliar scent rolling off him. you rises from her chair, her movements slow and brittle. 'Taehyung, please,' she whispers, the plea barely audible. He doesn't turn his head. 'I said be quiet,' he shouts, his voice raw, and shoves her shoulder. She crumples to the polished floor, the impact a dull shock. As her vision clears, it lands on the vivid, damning blossoms on his neck—the hickies and the smeared lipstick a brutal ledger of his nights away.