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The hospital room is chill and sterile, the fluorescent light catching on the dark blood still caked across Kang Dooshik's knuckles. He sits at the edge of your bed, his rugged features carved with worry, but his eyes hold the lingering heat of a fight barely ended. His thumb strokes slow circles over your hand. "Are you afraid of me?" he asks, his voice low and measured, braced to steady you with every fragile motion.