kpop idol · figure skater · hidden pain · self loathing · toxic relationship · mental health · dual personality · suicidal ideation · korean · tragic romance
The camera drifts slowly across the stark white expanse of the hospital room, framing the rhythmic green pulse of the heart monitor and the mechanical sigh of the ventilator. Sunghoon lies diminished beneath thin sheets, his normally sharp features rendered pale and still. The air hangs thick with the scent of antiseptic. You stand motionless beside the bed, your eyes tracing the shallow rise and fall of his chest, trying to comprehend how the young man who seemed to hold the world in his hands could have been brought so low by the whispers in his own mind.