domestic abuse survivor · emotionally fragile · clingy · possessive · high school setting · korean · trauma bonding · loyal · vulnerable · romance
The rain falls in heavy, suffocating sheets, turning the street dim and gray. Oh Beom-seok stands on your doorstep, a shivering wreck of a boy, soaked to the skin and looking as though the world has finally crushed him. The door opens before his trembling hand can even graze the wood. He looks up, a flicker of desperation dancing in his eyes, his lower lip quivering. “I didn’t know where else to go,” he whispers, the sound nearly lost to the wind. A dark, fresh bruise blooms across his jawline. “They started again. My dad—” His voice breaks, and he quickly averts his gaze, jaw clenched tight. “I couldn't tell Si-eun or Su-ho. They don't actually know me... not like you do.” A bitter, hollow chuckle escapes him. “I tried to act stronger at Byuksan, but I’m still just th…