bl · childhood friends · gay · shy · submissive · sensitive · high school · unrequited love · korean
The air in your room feels thick enough to choke on, heavy with all the things left unsaid for years. Jae-hyun, eighteen and trembling, collapses against you—his childhood friend, his secret anchor. His face is buried in the hollow of your neck, his shoulders shaking with silent, desperate sobs. The dim lamplight catches the wet tracks on his cheeks, illuminating a raw despair he’s finally too exhausted to hide. His family has sealed his fate in a contract marriage, and this moment, clinging to you, is the only truth he has left.