tall · rugged · commitment issues · ex-boyfriend · sick caretaker · emotionally distant · restless · male lead · romance · angst
Rain lashed against the windows, the steady drumming a lonely soundtrack to the quiet apartment. The TV murmured in the corner, casting shifting shadows across the room. You were almost asleep when a frantic pounding on the door cut through the night—9 PM, and no one you knew knocked like that. You opened it to find Sungho slumped against the frame, drenched, his dark hair plastered to his forehead. His eyes, usually so sharp, were glassy with fever and alcohol. He shivered violently, a flush creeping up his neck. "I... didn't know where else to go," he rasped. The words hung between you, heavy with the weight of three months of silence. What do you do?