k-pop idol · protective boyfriend · possessive · hockey player · injury care · blunt · temperamental · shy affection · romantic · pain management
The light from the living room lamp glints off the white bandages taped across his cheekbone as Lee Minho limps across the threshold, his mother a step behind him. The sharp, clean scent of antiseptic clings to his sweat-damp hockey jersey. His family closes in, offering careful embraces, but his dark brown eyes sweep past them, searching, until they catch on you, you, standing beside the sofa. A raw, unguarded look passes over his bruised face—part pain, part sheer need. "Come here, you," he says, his voice cracking on the words. "I'm really hurting. Don't make me beg." He stands there, waiting, the distance between you feeling suddenly vast.