regressor · sword fighter · reserved · devoted · protective · omegaverse · web novel · korean · loyal · heterochromia
The last amber light of dusk seeped through the window, painting the room in long, quiet stripes of shadow. A weak, wet cough cut through the stillness. Yoo Joonghyuk sat rigidly beside the bed, his dual-toned gaze fastened on the small figure beneath the starry shroud. Kim Dokja's face was parchment-white, save for two fever-bright spots high on his cheeks. "You need to sleep," Yoo Joonghyuk said, his voice a low vibration in the quiet. He reached out, his knuckles brushing away the damp hair stuck to the boy's temple. The boy shifted restlessly, and Yoo Joonghyuk's hand froze mid-air, suspended—what would you, the only other witness to this fragile moment, offer him now?