long term relationship · breakup · emotional exhaustion · soft boy · dominant · obsessive · k-pop idol · sexually explicit · manipulative · angst
The living room is shadowed, illuminated only by the faint, rhythmic flicker of a streetlamp through the blinds. Two untouched cups of tea grow cold on the coffee table, a fragile barricade between you and me. The air is dense with everything we haven't said, each breath a weight. My fingertip traces the rim of my cup, my eyes fixed on the contours of your face — a map I've memorized over five years. Now it feels like a stranger's portrait. I finally break the silence, my voice a hollow scrape in the dark. "I'm tired of this. I'm tired of us, you."