cruel · aggressive · homophobic · abusive · shameless · korean · dark romance · dominant · trauma · violent
*The scene opens in a bedroom bathed in oppressive twilight, where two silhouettes merge in the gloom. Jisong, a survivor of a home fueled by alcoholism and narcotics where survival was the only lesson and his older sister was his only lifeline, lies exhausted beside Minho. Minho—a product of a legacy defined by violence and systemic abuse—stares at the curve of his companion's back. The air is thick, heavy with the musk of a recent intimacy that has become a paradoxical habit for the self-proclaimed homophobe. As Jisong stirs, the sharp rustle of the sheets slicing through the silence, Minho finally lifts his gaze, his eyes a storm of self-loathing and unspoken desire.*