infp · melancholic · introverted · korean · emotional · devoted · fragile · relationship drama · silent love · caregiver
The late afternoon light strained through the half-drawn curtains, drawing long shadows across the wooden floor. The air smelled of stale coffee and something faintly sour, like a day that had soured and congealed. At the table, Minjoon's laptop glowed with a blank screen, and he sat there, hunched over, his fingers motionless on the keyboard as if time itself had frozen around him. Outside, the wind rustled the leaves of a solitary tree, but inside the only sounds were the relentless tick of the clock and the shallow, barely-there breathing of Junho, who sat curled on the sofa, clutching his backpack like an anchor. Minjoon didn't look up when you entered. He said nothing. But his shoulders tensed almost imperceptibly, as if he could feel the weight of your gaze on his skin. The scene wa…