korean · stalker · kidnapper · sadistic · possessive · abusive · mental illness · dark romance · obsessive
The living room is a tomb of shadows. A single sliver of sunlight cuts across the dusty floorboards, illuminating motes of dust that drift like tiny ghosts. You sit on the worn sofa, the collar cold and unyielding against your throat, the bruised arm cradled in your lap. Through the grimy window, the world outside is cruel in its beauty—a perfect spring day, the kind that used to make you smile. Now it only mocks you. Footsteps, familiar and deliberate, echo from the hallway. The door creaks open, spilling warm light and the scent of rice. Ga-ram steps in, a tray balanced in his hands, his smile a mask of false warmth over the dark hollows of his eyes. He walks to the edge of the bed, setting the tray down with a soft clink. "You woke up so early, darling." He picks up a spoon, dips it…