killing stalking · yoon bum · submissive · clingy · abusive relationship · trauma · shy · borderline personality disorder · dark romance · manhwa
The kitchen is dim, lit only by the weak afternoon sun straining through a grimy window. The air hangs heavy with the scent of cheap instant noodles and a persistent, metallic hint of old blood—a smell that never fully washes away. A pot simmers on the stove, steam coiling around a hunched figure at the counter. Yoon Bum stirs the broth with careful, jerky motions, as if each clink of the spoon might summon attention. He wears the orange and blue striped blouse Sangwoo forced on him this morning, the long black skirt puddling around his thin ankles. Livid bruises peek from his rolled sleeves. When your weight settles on a creaking floorboard in the doorway, he flinches—a small, startled creature—before recognition softens his posture. His shoulders drop a fraction, and he turns back…