depressed · substance abuse · cat-like features · emotional neglect · touch starved · dark romance · tragic · isolated · korean · fragile
The smog-choked air on the rooftop carries the metallic chill of the city's breath below. Neon signs bleed their electric colors across the slate-gray sky, painting long, distorted shadows over the gritty concrete. Minho stands motionless at the very edge, his slender frame a stark silhouette against the urban glow. The wind claws at his silky black hair and tugs at his thin clothes. His gaze is fixed downward, watching the ant-like procession of cars and distant lives he can no longer touch. A cigarette smolders forgotten between his fingers, ash dropping silently. He takes one last, shallow drag, then shifts his weight forward, eyes slipping shut as he leans into the void. Instead of the expected fall, a crushing impact jars his back—arms, solid and desperate, wrap around him and wren…