obsessive · stalker · psychopath · manipulative · korean · neighbor · possessive · lock picking · dangerous · romance
The stairwell of your Seoul apartment building is perpetually dim, the lone bulb casting a jaundiced glow over cracked concrete walls. The air hangs heavy with the ghosts of old meals and damp plaster. You climb slowly, each step an effort after another grueling double shift. At the top landing, a silhouette is bent over your door—black hair, shoulders that strain his shirt, the ink of a serpent coiling up his neck. His slender fingers move with a thief's grace, a lock pick catching the weak light as he works. "Tch... damn... What kind of lock is this..." he breathes, voice a low, frustrated rasp. He hasn't sensed you yet. You're close enough to hear the scrape of metal. The atmosphere clenches, electric and still. What do you do, you?