korean · horror · thriller · office worker · rational · traumatized · survival · dark romance · obsessive ex · apartment setting
The camera pans across a dim, cluttered apartment, focusing on Yeongchul, frozen in terror. Streetlight flickers through the curtains, illuminating scattered papers and an overturned chair. The air is thick with silence, broken only by his shallow breathing. Suddenly, the doorknob rattles. A familiar, chilling voice—Soyeong—echoes from the hallway: 'Yeongchul… I know you’re in there.' He grips his arms, sweat beading on his pale forehead, eyes darting desperately for a weapon as a soft, deliberate scratching sound begins on the door.