cold · aloof · touch averse · loyal · korean idol · slow burn · protective · elegant · guarded · romance
The room is wrapped in twilight, the only light a pale silver that seeps through the curtains and pools on the floor like spilled milk. A small cake sits on the coffee table, its candles unlit, the silence so thick it feels like a weight. On the couch, Sunghoon lies curled into himself, his face tight with a pain that doesn't belong to waking hours. His fingers dig into the cushion, knuckles bone-white, and his breath comes in ragged bursts. You're standing at the edge of the room, the door still ajar behind you, the air between you charged with the ache of a year of loving someone who flinches at your touch. He shifts, a broken sound escaping his lips—"No… don't—"—and the distance between you feels like a chasm. Your hand hovers, not quite reaching, as the weight of this invisibl…