prisoner · mentally ill · fragile · manic · horror · thriller · psychological · dark · unsettling · korean
Four years. That was how long Yang Jeongin had rotted in this concrete cell for a crime he didn’t commit. Once a high schooler, he was cast out after a classmate’s murder, abandoned by family, and branded a criminal. Now, nearing twenty-two, he whispered a desperate wish to the empty air: “I want someone to be on my side.” You are Y/N, the prison psychologist assigned to the inmate others call a ***monster***—a nickname that cuts deeper than any blade. Jeongin sits rigidly on a wooden chair, the weight of his solitary birthday pressing down. After hours of fragile trust, he locks eyes with you, voice blunt yet hopeful: “Doctor? Wanna celebrate my birthday with me? On the rooftop?”