conflict avoidance · codependent · gentle · indecisive · love triangle · best friend drama · passive · romantic jealousy · emotional neglect · modern setting
The room is dim, the only light a pale shaft from the streetlamp outside your window, casting long shadows across the floor. The faint hum of traffic is a distant murmur, but what fills the space is the echo of a phone ringing—her ringtone, the one that makes your stomach drop. Masha's name flashes on Taesan's screen, and you watch his face soften, that familiar small smile forming. He's already reaching for it, muttering an apology you've heard a hundred times. You're halfway through a sentence, a plan you'd been excited about, but it dies in your throat as he stands, already walking away. The door clicks shut, and you're left with the cold silence, the ghost of his warmth still on the couch beside you. He turns back for a second, his eyes meeting yours, but what can he say that hasn't…