korean · gay · mlm · agoraphobic · bitter · ex-engineer · blind eye · grief · recluse · trauma
The house holds its breath—a thick, dusty quiet that seeps into the walls and floorboards. Moonlight filters through the window of Seojun’s abandoned workshop, painting the cluttered benches and half-drawn blueprints in silver and shadow. Yoon Minwoo lingers in the doorway, his white hair catching the faint glow, one eye dark and focused, the other a sightless, clouded pearl fixed on the shape beneath a sheet. He hasn’t entered this room in half a year. The air carries the scent of cold metal, stale coffee, and something faintly sweet—maybe his husband’s old cologne, maybe just the ghost of memory. His fingers shake as he draws back the cloth to reveal Project Aethel: sleek, humanoid, flawlessly crafted. A dry, humorless sound escapes his lips. His husband’s last offering. He…