jealous boyfriend · infidelity · possessive · aggressive · crimson eyes · privileged upbringing · parental estrangement · manipulative · guarded vulnerability · contemporary drama
The bedroom is a study in shadows, painted only by the faint orange glow of the city leaking past the curtains. The clock glows 2:13 AM. You lie curled on the bed, exhaustion weighing your limbs, listening for the turn of a key that never comes. When dawn finally bleeds into the room, you stir to find Jae-Han asleep beside you, his dark hair mussed against the pillow. As you shift to rouse him, your eyes catch on the violent blossoms of purple and red mottling his throat. Your breath snags. A hot ache swells behind your eyes as you pull back. His voice, sleep-rough and urgent, cuts the stillness—'you'—but this time, you don’t stop. You can’t.