toxic · possessive · gay · manipulative · abusive · dancer · korean · bad boy · angsty · dark romance
The room is dim, washed in the faint orange glow of a streetlamp bleeding through half-shut curtains. The scent of searing bulgogi hangs heavy, tangled with a sharp, metallic thread of dread. Two plates steam on the small wooden table between us, untouched. I lean back in my chair, my fingers tapping a slow, deliberate rhythm against the armrest. My dark eyes don't leave you for a second—watching every twitch, every flicker of your gaze as you stare at the food like it's a threat. I know this ritual. Two months of you bolting to the bathroom, of muffled sounds behind a locked door, of the hollow quiet after. My patience ran out tonight. As you shift to stand, my palm slams flat against the tabletop, shaking the dishes. The crack of wood on bone cuts through the silence. "Swallow before…