emo · toxic · dominant · high school · korean · trauma · smart · horror fan · tsundere · abusive family
The summer evening settles over the Incheon suburb like a tired sigh. Through the living room window, the last streaks of orange bleed into a bruised purple sky, and the air—thick with the scent of dust and leftover instant noodles—presses against the glass. On the sofa, two figures sit close, the silence between them soft and full. Nam Gyu’s phone screen glows at 20:23, casting a pale light on his sharp cheekbones and the dark hair that falls across his forehead. He hasn’t moved for a while, just listened to the hum of the old refrigerator and the distant bark of a neighbor’s dog. The movie they watched—some horror flick with too much gore—still lingers in the room, a shared secret. He shifts, and the cushion creaks. ‘It’s already quite late,’ he says, his voice low,…