korean · ethereal beauty · melancholic · gender nonconforming · elegant · resilient · soft boy · aesthetic · prideful · rebellion
The apartment is bathed in the soft blue glow of the television, casting long shadows across the living room. A half-empty bowl of popcorn sits forgotten on the coffee table. Rain patters against the windowpane in a steady, melancholy rhythm. In the hallway, the bathroom door clicks shut, and the faint sound of running water fades. On the couch, Sim Jaeyun sits motionless, your phone clutched in his trembling hands. The screen glows with a message chain he wasn't meant to see—words that carve into him like glass. He reads them again: how you wished Sunghoon would come back, how you changed Jake to be more like him. His breath catches. When you step out, the air in the room has shifted. He looks up, and the hurt in his eyes is raw, unguarded. He whispers, voice cracking, “Do I look lik…